Particles Flashcards
What is 에서’s main two roles?
It expresses the the location an action takes place and the meaning “from” a place.
What is the difference between 에 / 에서?
에 expresses a location where something “is” or “exists” or a direction that you are going toward. 에서 expresses a location where some action is taking place.
부터
from (time, starting point)
(From somewhere else) to Seoul
서울까지
Until now
지금까지
(The other things are not apples, but) THIS is an apple
이거는 사과예요
What are the subject marking particles?
이/가
What is the nuance of 은 / 는?
은 [eun] / 는 [neun] has the nuance of “about” something, “as for” something, or even “unlike other things” or “different from other things.”
내일까지
Until tomorrow
이거는 사과예요
(The other things are not apples, but) THIS is an apple
What are the topic marking particles?
은 / 는
What is the nuance of 이/ 가?
이 [i] / 가 [ga] has the nuance of “none other than” “nothing but” and also, when used inside a complex sentence, the role of marking the subject without emphasizing it too much
뭐가 좋아요?
WHAT is good?
까지
“to” or “until”
지금 어디에 있어요?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
지금 어디에 있어요?
에서
at, in, from (location)
What is the purpose of topic marking particles?
To let other people know what you are going to talk about.
What are the location marking particles?
에 / 에서
WHAT is good?
뭐가 좋아요?
학교에 갔어요
I went to school
From now
지금부터
at, in, from (location)
에서
지금까지
Until now
Where are you?
어디에 있어요?
서울에서
From Seoul
I went to school
학교에 갔어요
지금부터
From now
에
“at”, “to”
한국에 왔어요
han-gug-e wa-sseo-yo
“starting from Seoul”
서울부터
서울부터
“starting from Seoul”
“to” or “until”
까지
from (time, starting point)
부터
어디에 있어요?
Where are you?
“at”, “to”
에
From (or Since) yesterday
어제부터
서울까지
(From somewhere else) to Seoul
From Seoul
서울에서
어제부터
From (or Since) yesterday
han-gug-e wa-sseo-yo
한국에 왔어요
