Direction / Goal Place
Allative
Goal
Directional phrase
Where to or which way?
core
basic
Context
Kahulugan
The endpoint or direction of movement, change, attention, transfer, or intention.
Paano ito matukoy
Look for where something is going or directed.
Mga halimbawa
Mga salita
to|toward|home|up|down|away
Mga parirala
go to school|walk into the room|look at me
Pangungusap
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
Pagsusuri ayon sa wika
Sa iyong wika
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Paglitaw
strong
Kahalagahan
Direction and goal are usually marked with إلى, لـ, or verb-specific directional patterns.
ذهبتُ إلى المدرسة.
I went to the school.
Sa wikang pinag-aaralan
Bengali (standard)
Paglitaw
strong
Antas ng hirap
Goals and directions use locative/directional marking such as -এ, দিকে, কাছে.
সে স্কুলে যাচ্ছে।
He/she is going to school.
Karaniwang hamon ng mag-aaral
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.