把…递给: who gets the thing

When a thing passes to someone, 给 sticks to the verb: 递给, 还给, 送给, 交给. The thing comes after 把, the person at the very end: 把书递给我. English puts the person first ('pass me the book'); here the book comes first, the person last.

Examples

• 请把书递给我。 Qǐng bǎ shū dìgěi wǒ. Please pass me the book.
• 她把笔递给老师。 Tā bǎ bǐ dìgěi lǎoshī. She handed the pen to the teacher.
• 我把钱还给他了。 Wǒ bǎ qián huán gěi tā le. I gave him the money back.

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