Recipient / Beneficiary
To whom or for whose benefit does it happen?
Significado
The participant who receives something, gets a result, benefits from an action, or is the intended receiver.
Como identificar
Ask who gets something or who the action is done for.
Exemplos
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
Vista por língua
Na tua língua materna
Recipients are commonly marked with para or a; formal or written language may use indirect object clitics.
Ela deu um livro para o Paulo.
She gave a book to Paulo.
Na tua língua de aprendizagem
English marks recipients with double-object order or with prepositions such as to and for.
I gave her a book.
her = recipient
Learners often confuse 'give someone something' with 'give something to someone'.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.