Direction / Goal Place
Allative
Goal
Directional phrase
Where to or which way?
core
basic
Context
משמעות
The endpoint or direction of movement, change, attention, transfer, or intention.
איך לזהות
Look for where something is going or directed.
דוגמאות
מילים
to|toward|home|up|down|away
צירופים
go to school|walk into the room|look at me
משפט
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
תצוגת שפה
בשפה שלך
Arabic (Modern Standard)
נוכחות
strong
חשיבות
Direction and goal are usually marked with إلى, لـ, or verb-specific directional patterns.
ذهبتُ إلى المدرسة.
I went to the school.
בשפת הלמידה
Bengali (standard)
נוכחות
strong
רמת קושי
Goals and directions use locative/directional marking such as -এ, দিকে, কাছে.
সে স্কুলে যাচ্ছে।
He/she is going to school.
אתגר נפוץ בלמידה
Learners may confuse location at a place with movement toward a place.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.