allatiiviga

Allatiiviga refers to the allative case, a grammatical case used in some languages to mark direction toward a destination, recipient, or target of an action. It answers questions such as “to where?” or “to whom/what?” and expresses movement or transfer toward something rather than static location or origin.

In languages that have a dedicated allative, the form is typically indicated by a suffix attached to the noun, or by a prepositional construction. The allative often appears with verbs of motion or with verbs that involve giving, receiving, or directing an action toward a recipient. It helps to distinguish the endpoint of movement or the beneficiary of an action from other directional or locative meanings.

Common examples include Finnish and Estonian, where the allative expresses destination. Finnish uses forms like talolle meaning “to the house.” Estonian uses forms like koolile meaning “to the school.” These examples illustrate how the allative marks direction toward a location or recipient within sentence structures that describe movement or transfer.

Compared with other directional cases, the allative is specifically about movement toward or toward the benefit of something, rather than merely being at a location (locative) or moving into/away from (illative, elative, or inessive varieties). Not all languages have a dedicated allative; some use prepositions or other case systems to convey the same meaning.

See also: allatiiv, allatiivi, dative, locative cases, Finnish allatiivi, Estonian allatiiv.