Verbs denoting movement towards a goal or arrival e.g. ʾatâ ‘come to’, ǧāʾa ‘come to’, ḥaḍara ‘attend sth.’, waṣala ‘arrive at’, daḫala ‘enter sth.’, allow the alternation: V.subj[A] A-nom ʾilâ+G; V.subj[A] A-nom G-acc; with no significant semantic difference. The preposition ʾilâ often flags a noun phrase expressing inanimate and non-human goal whereas accusative is used predominantly with human arguments. The Verb d̠ahaba 'go' does not allow this alternation.
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