B06
core
Context
Space
Direction / Goal Place
Where to or which way?
basic
Allative
Goal
Directional phrase
Ý nghĩa
The endpoint or direction of movement, change, attention, transfer, or intention.
Cách nhận biết
Look for where something is going or directed.
Ví dụ
Từ
to|toward|home|up|down|away
Cụm từ
go to school|walk into the room|look at me
Câu
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
Góc nhìn theo ngôn ngữ
Trong ngôn ngữ mẹ đẻ của Bạn
Việt
Mức độ thể hiện
strong
Tầm quan trọng
Direction and goals use đến, tới, vào, ra, lên, xuống, về and serial-verb patterns.
Tôi đi đến trường.
I go to school
Trong ngôn ngữ Bạn đang học
Anh
Mức độ thể hiện
strong
Độ khó
English usually uses prepositions, particles, or directional adverbs to mark motion goals.
He went to school.
to school = direction/goal
Vấn đề thường gặp của người học
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.