Direction / Goal Place
Allative
Goal
Directional phrase
Where to or which way?
core
basic
Context
Znaczenie
The endpoint or direction of movement, change, attention, transfer, or intention.
Jak to rozpoznać
Look for where something is going or directed.
Przykłady
Słowa
to|toward|home|up|down|away
Zwroty
go to school|walk into the room|look at me
Zdanie
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
Widok językowy
W języku ojczystym
Polish (standard)
Występowanie
strong
Znaczenie
Direction and goal are marked by prepositions and motion verbs.
Idę do szkoły.
I-go to school-GEN.
W języku docelowym
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Występowanie
strong
Trudność
Direction and goal are usually marked with إلى, لـ, or verb-specific directional patterns.
ذهبتُ إلى المدرسة.
I went to the school.
Typowa trudność uczących się
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.