Under what scenarios can you use transitive verbs with に？


>   1. それじゃあなんかお前の方が詳しそうだから、ここはお前に任せる
>
>   2. 俺の負けだ。今日のところは素直に敗北を認める
>
>

Can に and を be swapped in these scenarios? If not, what is the distinction
between 認める and 任せる ?




In the first case, `ここはお前に任せる`, お前 is an indirect object (or dative) of 任せる,
thus it is marked by に, the direct object (ここ) is marked by は (and は absorbed
を).

In the second case, `敗北を認める`, 敗北 is the direct object of 認める, thus it is
marked by を.




In the first case, `ここはお前に任せる`, お前 is an indirect object (or dative) of 任せる,
thus it is marked by に, the direct object (ここ) is marked by は (and は absorbed
を).

In the second case, `敗北を認める`, 敗北 is the direct object of 認める, thus it is
marked by を.

