Connections
Marking participants
How the recipient is marked
How do we show who gets something or who something is done for?
dative case
indirect object
beneficiary
recipient
Betydning
Languages mark the link between an action and the person who receives something or has something done for them. This lets us tell that person apart from the thing given, sent, or made. The link may use word order, a separate word, or an ending; some languages have no special recipient ending. Recipient and beneficiary describes the person's role, while How the recipient is marked looks at how the sentence shows that role.
Slik kjenner du det igjen
Find the receiver or the person helped, then look at the position, word, or ending that links them to the action.