B06
core
Context
Space
Direction / Goal Place
Where to or which way?
basic
Allative
Goal
Directional phrase
Significato
The endpoint or direction of movement, change, attention, transfer, or intention.
Come riconoscerlo
Look for where something is going or directed.
Esempi
Parole
to|toward|home|up|down|away
Frasi brevi
go to school|walk into the room|look at me
Frase
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
Panoramica per lingua
Nella tua lingua madre
Italiano
Presenza
strong
Importanza
Direction is usually marked by prepositions such as a, in, da, verso.
Vanno alla stazione.
They go to the station.
Nella tua lingua di studio
Inglese
Presenza
strong
Difficoltà
In inglese la meta di un movimento si indica di solito con preposizioni, particelle o avverbi di direzione.
He went to school.
to school = direzione/meta
Difficoltà tipica di chi impara
Chi impara può confondere to, into, onto, toward e le espressioni senza preposizione, come go home.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.