-에서 Place particle
We have learned the place particle -에 on the previous post(click), -에 is a place particle which means ‘existence(-에 있어요/없어요)’ or ‘direction(-에 가요/와요)’.
-에서 is also a place particle, but this is for an action, such as “I work at home”, “I study at the library” or “I eat lunch at a restaurant”. In those sentences, ‘work’, ‘study’ and ‘eat’ have actions, you “do” something. Let’s look at sentences below.
| 집에서 텔레비전을 봐요.(보다:watch) | I am watching TV at home. |
| 학교에서 공부해요.(공부하다:study) | I am studying at my school. |
| 회사에서 일해요.(일하다:work) | I am working at my company. |
| 도서관에서 책을 읽어요.(읽다:read) | I am reading books at the library. |
| 커피숍에서 친구를 만나요.(만나다:meet) | I am meeting my friend at the coffee shop. |
| 극장에서 영화를 봐요.(보다:watch) | I am watching a movie at the theater. |
| 백화점에서 신발을 사요.(사다:buy) | I am buying shoes at the department store. |
| 친구 집에서 컴퓨터 게임해요.(게임하다:play a game) | I am playing a computer game at my friend’s home. |
You can also listen to the pronunciation here.
* Here is the difference between 에 and 에서. -에 is used for existence(있어요/없어요/살아요) and destination(가요/와요/다녀요), while 에서 is used for action verbs.
* 에서 also means ‘from a place’, check this out by clicking here.
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