Direction / Goal Place
Allative
Goal
Directional phrase
Where to or which way?
core
basic
Context
Maana
The endpoint or direction of movement, change, attention, transfer, or intention.
Jinsi ya kuitambua
Look for where something is going or directed.
Mifano
Maneno
to|toward|home|up|down|away
Virai
go to school|walk into the room|look at me
Sentensi
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
Mtazamo wa lugha
Katika lugha yako
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Uwepo
strong
Umuhimu
Direction and goal are usually marked with إلى, لـ, or verb-specific directional patterns.
ذهبتُ إلى المدرسة.
I went to the school.
Katika lugha unayojifunza
Bengali (standard)
Uwepo
strong
Ugumu
Goals and directions use locative/directional marking such as -এ, দিকে, কাছে.
সে স্কুলে যাচ্ছে।
He/she is going to school.
Changamoto ya kawaida kwa wanaojifunza
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.