को: Recipient ~> Recipient

For indirect objects to which the direct object is transferred by the subject (with verbs of physical transference e.g. देना, सौंपना or the objects of Originator↝Agent type verbs like लिखना, बताना).1

  • मैंने
    I-ERG
    अपने
    self-GEN
    दोस्त
    friend
    को
    DAT
    किताब
    book
    दी
    gave
    ।
    .

    'I gave my friend the book.' 001

  • मुझको
    I-DAT
    एक
    one
    बात
    talk
    बताओ
    tell
    ।
    .

    'Tell me one thing.' 002

  • सुष्मिता
    Sushmita
    को
    DAT
    कितने
    how-many
    पाठ
    lessons
    पढ़ाओगे
    will-teach
    ?
    ?

    'How many lessons will you teach to Sushmita?' 003

Also includes intransitive मिलना:


  1. These are sometimes called ditransitive verbs, since they take on a subject (marked with ने), an object (unmarked), and an indirect object (marked with को). ↩

Examples

    TODO

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