B06
core
Context
Space
Direction / Goal Place
Where to or which way?
basic
Allative
Goal
Directional phrase
المعنى
The endpoint or direction of movement, change, attention, transfer, or intention.
طريقة التعرّف عليه
Look for where something is going or directed.
أمثلة
كلمات
to|toward|home|up|down|away
عبارات
go to school|walk into the room|look at me
جملة
They went to the station.
Visual guide
Basic shape
MOVER ──go/look/send──▶ GOAL They went to the station. Question: where to / which way? Goal = endpoint or target
Compare shape
Location vs Goal: at school = place of being to school = place aimed at room → into room = boundary crossed Forms: to, -ALL, postposition, prefix, particle, verb choice
نظرة على اللغة
في اللغة الأم
عربي
مدى الظهور
strong
الأهمية
Direction and goal are usually marked with إلى, لـ, or verb-specific directional patterns.
ذهبتُ إلى المدرسة.
I went to the school.
في اللغة قيد التعلم
إنجليزي
مدى الظهور
strong
الصعوبة
English usually uses prepositions, particles, or directional adverbs to mark motion goals.
He went to school.
to school = direction/goal
مشكلة شائعة للمتعلّمين
Learners may confuse to, into, onto, toward, and home-type zero-preposition expressions.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.