Direction / Goal Place
Allative
Goal
Directional phrase
Where to or which way?
core
basic
Context
Signification
The endpoint or direction of movement, change, attention, transfer, or intention.
Comment le repérer
Look for where something is going or directed.
Exemples
Mots
to|toward|home|up|down|away
Expressions
go to school|walk into the room|look at me
Phrase
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
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue
French (standard)
Présence
strong
Importance
Direction commonly uses à, vers, chez, dans, and the pronoun y for previously known places.
Ils vont à la gare.
They go to the station.
Dans la langue d’apprentissage
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Présence
strong
Difficulté
Direction and goal are usually marked with إلى, لـ, or verb-specific directional patterns.
ذهبتُ إلى المدرسة.
I went to the school.
Difficulté fréquente
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.