Direction / Goal Place
Allative
Goal
Directional phrase
Where to or which way?
core
basic
Context
معنا
The endpoint or direction of movement, change, attention, transfer, or intention.
چطور آن را تشخیص دهید
Look for where something is going or directed.
نمونهها
واژهها
to|toward|home|up|down|away
عبارتها
go to school|walk into the room|look at me
جمله
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
نمای زبان
در زبان شما
Persian (Farsi, standard Iranian)
میزان حضور
strong
اهمیت
Direction or goal is usually marked with به plus a motion verb.
به مدرسه میروم.
to school go-I.
در زبان در حال یادگیری
Arabic (Modern Standard)
میزان حضور
strong
دشواری
Direction and goal are usually marked with إلى, لـ, or verb-specific directional patterns.
ذهبتُ إلى المدرسة.
I went to the school.
چالش رایج زبانآموزان
Learners may confuse location في with movement toward إلى.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.