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 OriginatorAgent 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

Metadata