Recipient / Beneficiary
To whom or for whose benefit does it happen?
Betekenis
The participant who receives something, gets a result, benefits from an action, or is the intended receiver.
Zo herken je het
Ask who gets something or who the action is done for.
Voorbeelden
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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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
Taaloverzicht
In je taal
Recipients can appear as indirect objects or with aan/voor depending on pattern.
Zij geeft hem een boek.
She gives him a book.
In de taal die je leert
Recipients are commonly marked with لِـ or expressed by attached pronouns with suitable verbs.
أعطيتُ الكتابَ للطالب.
I gave the book to the student.
Learners may confuse direct objects with recipient phrases or overuse word order alone.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.