B06
core
Context
Space
Direction / Goal Place
Where to or which way?
basic
Allative
Goal
Directional phrase
Betekenis
The endpoint or direction of movement, change, attention, transfer, or intention.
Zo herken je het
Look for where something is going or directed.
Voorbeelden
Woorden
to|toward|home|up|down|away
Zinnen
go to school|walk into the room|look at me
Voorbeeldzin
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
Taaloverzicht
In je moedertaal
Nederlands
Aanwezigheid
strong
Belang
Direction uses naar, in, op, heen and separable verbs in many motion expressions.
Ik ga naar huis.
I go to house.
In de taal die je leert
Engels
Aanwezigheid
strong
Moeilijkheidsgraad
English usually uses prepositions, particles, or directional adverbs to mark motion goals.
He went to school.
to school = direction/goal
Veelvoorkomend struikelpunt
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.