को: Experiencer ~> Recipient

Used for targets of intransitive verbs of cognition, feeling, sensation, and experience.

> Note: लगना, in its capacity as an intransitive verb meaning "to feel", can be used for both [ss Experiencer]-type events as well as involuntary events (constituting [ss Theme]), like getting hurt (चोट लगना).

* [gex 001 "{सुनिता Sunita} {[pspecial "को" hi/ko Experiencer--Recipient] DAT} {बुख़ार fever} {है is}{। .}" "Sunita has a fever"]
* [gex 002 "{राजा king} {[pspecial "को" hi/ko Experiencer--Recipient] DAT} {दुःख sadness} {हुआ happened}{। .}" "The king felt sorrow."]
* [gex 003 "{मुझ[pspecial "को" hi/ko Experiencer--Recipient] I-DAT} {हिंदी Hindi} {नहीं not} {आती comes}{। .}" "I do not know Hindi."]
* [gex 004 "{मुझ[pspecial "को" hi/ko Experiencer--Recipient] I-DAT} {यह this} {किताब book} {पसंद liked} {है is}{। .}" "I like this book."]
* [gex 005 "{उस[pspecial "को" hi/ko Experiencer--Recipient] he-DAT} {अचानक sudden} {से INS} {आवाज़ sound} {सुनाई hearing} {दी gave}{। .}" "Suddenly, he heard a sound."]

This includes चाहिए in the sense of wanting.

* [gex 006 "{मुझ[pspecial "को" hi/ko Experiencer--Recipient] I-DAT} {दूसरी other} {किताब book} {चाहिए is-wanted}{। .}" "I want the other book"]

Used for targets of causative verbs of sensation, cognition, etc. like दिखाना, सुनाना.

* [gex 007 "{तुम[pspecial "को" hi/ko Experiencer--Recipient] you-DAT} {एक one} {चीज़ thing} {दिखाना to-show} {चाहता want} {हूँ am}{। .}" "I want to show you something."]

[^narasimhan]: [Narasimhan, 1998](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-9582.00029?casa_token=eN2o3YBBZekAAAAA:t1L6QZviLIg7C9ZhJBTlAtXzCIaZvtrwbum_HHbyIFCRZRlHYMbcIfxVeM6IwnLr5Q8oF_IPT5rSVEQ) discusses the various functions of the dative, and splits off this kind of Experiencer from Goal and Theme.