Why use に instead of を in 彼に会います/連絡します


Please explain to me why に is used instead of を in these sentences

> 彼に会います  
>  彼に連絡します

Is that because 会います is a transitive verb? Please give me more detail.




会います (or 会う) doesn't take を because it is an _intransitive_ verb, not a
_transitive_ verb. Transitive verbs take を, and intransitive verbs don't.

In general, the transitivity of verbs in English and Japanese is the same in,
say, 80% of the time, but there are also many exceptional cases. Just because
"to meet" or "to contact" is a transitive verb in English doesn't mean that
the Japanese equivalent 会う or 連絡する is transitive. There are many similar
examples, and you simply have to remember them one by one. Please take a look
at this list: [に vs. を in "to pass a
test"](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/72200/5010)

