Beneficiary Focus

There are two affixes that mark the beneficiary focus: IPAG- and -AN. Attaching any of these affixes to a root indicates that the focus of the sentence is the noun for whom/which the action is done. This is different from the object focus. IPAG and -AN mark the focus as the word that receives the benefit of the action. In English, this word that receives thebenefit of the action is called the indirect object. Let's take a look at an example in English:
1. Fred gave the car to Bob.         BENEFICIARY FOCUSED
In English, car is the direct object and Bob is the indirect object. Bob got the benefit from receiving the car. In Tagalog, if the word Bob is the word that is in focus, then the sentence would be Beneficiary Focused.
However, if the word car in this sentence were the focus, then the sentence would be Object Focused in Tagalog:
2. Fred gave the car to Bob.         OBJECT FOCUSED
As mentioned above, if the benefactor (or indirect object) is the focus then the affix IPAG or -AN is placed in the verb. If the benefactor is not in focus, however, then the benefactor would would be marked by PARA SA in front.
IPAG- Verbs
IPAG- is the prototypical beneficiary focus verbal affix. Most of the time, this affix is shortened to I-, especially when the verb root to which it is attached does not have an I- object focus form.

Root	Benefic. F. Verb	Beneficiary F. Sentence	Converted Actor FocusSentence
luto	ipaglutoto cook something for someone	Ipagluto mo ang nanay ng lumpiya.Cook the egg roll for Mother.	Magluto ka ng lumpiya para sa nanay.Cook the egg roll for Mother.
handa	ipaghandato prepare something for someone	Ipaghanda mo si Lina ng damit.Prepare clothes for Lina.	Maghanda ka ng damit para kay Lina.Prepare clothes for Lina.
laba	ipaglabato do laundry for someone	Ipaglaba mo ako.Do the laundry for me.	Maglaba ka para sa akin.Do the laundry for me.
hugas	ipaghugasto do the dishes for someone	Ipaghugas mo siya ng mga plato.Do the dishes for her.	Maghugas ka ng mga plato para sa kanya.Do the dishes for here.

-AN Verbs
There are some roots that take the affix -AN to form beneficiary focus verbs. Following a word that ends in a vowel, it has the form -HAN. These should not be confused with the location/direction focus forms.

Here are some examples of Beneficiary Focus -AN verbs and sentences:

Root	Verb	Beneficiary F. Sentence	Converted Actor FocusSentence
bili	bilhan to buy something for someone	Bilhan mo ang bata ng kendi.Buy the kid a candybar.	Bumili ka ng kendi para sa bata.Buy a candybar for the kid.
kanta	kantahan to sing for someone	Kantahan mo si Noel ng kundiman.Sing Noel a love song.	Kumanta ka ng kundiman para kay Noel.Sing a love song for Noel.
luto	lutuan to cook for someone	Lutuan mo siya ng adobo.Cook adobo for him.	Magluto ka ng adobo para sa kanya.Cook adobo for him.
timpla	timplahan to prepare a drink for someone	Timplahan mo ako ng kape.Prepare coffee for me.	Magtimpla ka ng kape para sa akin.Prepare coffee for me.