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Translation

to

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Examples

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I am going to you.

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She said that to me.

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We are coming to the people.

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What did you say to her?

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He went from one person to another.

marks a destination or a recipient, and it is the natural partner of : ... ... runs from a starting point to an end point. Because already carries the idea of movement towards, the noun after it stays in the nominative: , never . It also works as a prefix, where it adds approach to a root, as in , "to go up to".

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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 3: Your first ten words.