Recipient / Beneficiary
To whom or for whose benefit does it happen?
Significato
The participant who receives something, gets a result, benefits from an action, or is the intended receiver.
Come riconoscerlo
Ask who gets something or who the action is done for.
Esempi
me|you|the child|the customer
give me a book|buy food for Anna
She gave the child a toy.
Visual guide
Transfer frame:
She gives a toy
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v
the child
the child gets/benefits
One role, several forms: She gave [the child] a toy. She gave a toy [to the child]. She bought food [for Anna]. [ ] = who gets/benefits Order/prep/case may mark it
Panoramica per lingua
Nella tua lingua madre
Recipients are marked with a or with indirect object clitics such as mi, ti, gli, le.
Le do un regalo.
To-her I give a gift.
Nella tua lingua di studio
In inglese il destinatario può comparire nell’ordine a doppio oggetto, come give her a book, oppure con preposizioni come to e for.
I gave her a book.
her = destinataria / beneficiaria
Gli studenti spesso confondono give someone something con give something to someone, oppure usano to e for nel posto sbagliato.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.