B06
core
Context
Space
Direction / Goal Place
Where to or which way?
basic
Allative
Goal
Directional phrase
Sens
The endpoint or direction of movement, change, attention, transfer, or intention.
Cum îl recunoști
Look for where something is going or directed.
Exemple
Cuvinte
to|toward|home|up|down|away
Expresii
go to school|walk into the room|look at me
Propoziție
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
Analiză pe limbă
În limba maternă
Engleză
Prezență
strong
Importanță
English usually uses prepositions, particles, or directional adverbs to mark motion goals.
He went to school.
to school = direction/goal
În limba pe care o înveți
Spaniolă
Prezență
strong
Dificultate
Direction and goal are usually expressed with motion verbs and prepositions such as a, hacia, and para.
Voy a la estación.
I go to the station.
Dificultate frecventă pentru cursanți
Learners often confuse a, en, para, and hacia.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.