Direction / Goal Place
Allative
Goal
Directional phrase
Where to or which way?
core
basic
Context
含义
The endpoint or direction of movement, change, attention, transfer, or intention.
如何识别
Look for where something is going or directed.
示例
单词
to|toward|home|up|down|away
短语
go to school|walk into the room|look at me
句子
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
语言视角
在母语中
Mandarin Chinese (Simplified, standard)
显性程度
strong
重要程度
Direction and goal are often expressed with 到 dào, 去 qù, 来 lái, and directional complements such as 进, 出, 上, 下, 回.
他走进房间。
tā zǒu jìn fángjiān = he walk enter room
在目标语言中
Arabic (Modern Standard)
显性程度
strong
学习难度
Direction and goal are usually marked with إلى, لـ, or verb-specific directional patterns.
ذهبتُ إلى المدرسة.
I went to the school.
常见易错点
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.