Experiencer / Perceiver
Who feels, sees, knows, likes, or experiences it?
意味
The participant that has an internal experience: perception, emotion, thought, desire, pain, knowledge, or preference.
見分け方
Look for the person who feels or perceives rather than physically acts.
例
I|she|the child|me
I like it|she feels cold|it seems to me
I like this song.
Visual guide
Inner-experience frame:
this song = stimulus
↓
I = experiencer
(like / feel / know)
Who has it inside?
Same experiencer, different grammar slots: [I] like this song. subject This song pleases [me]. object It seems [to me]. dative Find who feels/perceives.
言語別ビュー
母語の仕組み
Experiences and preferences often use は for the experiencer and が for what is liked or felt.
私はこの歌が好きです。
As for me, this song is liked.
学習言語では
English often puts the experiencer as the subject, but some patterns use objects or prepositional phrases.
I like music.
I = experiencer; music = experienced thing
Learners may translate experiencer constructions literally, especially feelings, likes, and bodily states.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.