Recipient Link
To whom does it go or for whom is it intended?
Signification
The grammatical link that connects an event or object to a recipient, addressee, or beneficiary.
Comment le repérer
Look for the person who receives, hears, gets, or benefits.
Exemples
to me|for you|her|the customer
give it to me|tell Anna|cook for us
I sent her a message.
Visual guide
EVENT + THING → RECIPIENT send + message → her "I sent her a message." Recipient gets/hears/benefits Ask: to whom? for whom?
Recipient shapes: Preposition: give it to me Bare object: tell Anna Dative case: Anna-DAT tell Benefactive: cook for us Same link: target person
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue maternelle
Recipient links use à with nouns and indirect object clitics before the verb.
Je lui ai envoyé un message.
I to-him/her sent a message.
Dans votre langue d’apprentissage
En anglais, on indique le destinataire ou le bénéficiaire avec to/for, ou avec une construction à deux objets comme give someone something.
She sent a message to me.
to me = lien vers le destinataire du message
Les apprenants confondent souvent to et for, ou choisissent le mauvais ordre des objets dans des phrases comme send me a message et send a message to me.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.