Particles of Direction: To and From

Corresponding to the english to are the particle 에 for places and 한테 or 에게 for living things.

• 은행에 가요
• 공원에 가요
• 내 친구한테/친구에게 줘요
• 만호 씨한테/만호 씨에게 줘요

From is expressed by the same particles with 서 after them. Sometimes the original is omitted, and you can simply say 서. You can do this when you want to say from (a place).

• 은행에서/은행서 학교에 가요.
• 식당에서/식당서.

To express from living things you also add 서 to the particles for to. However, you can drop the 서 when speaking colloquially.

• 내 친구한테서 / 내 친구에게서
• 만호 씨한테서 / 만호 씨에게서
• A. 한국말은 누구한테 배워요?
• B. 한국 사람한테 배워요. (the 서 has been dropped to say from a korean person)

Here is a chart for the particles:

                                 | To                   |  From                      

Living things           | 에게               | 에게서

                                 |한테                 | 한테서

                                 |에                     | 한테 (colloquial)

Place                        |에                    | 에서

                                                                서 (colloquial)