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에게 vs 한테
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Both mark a person as recipient/target of an action.
한테 dominates conversation; 에게 appears more in writing and careful speech.
From someone: 한테서 / 에게서.
Mistake: thinking one form is “wrong”. They differ mainly by register.
Level: elementary. Read both sides of the contrast, say the examples out loud, then write one correct and one incorrect sentence and fix it.
Cross-link: open the related grammar or tools page the same day so the fix sticks in your study graph.
Examples
친구한테 물어봤어요.
I asked a friend. (spoken)
친구에게 편지를 썼어요.
I wrote a letter to a friend.
Common mistakes
- Translating the English pair word-for-word without checking which Korean form carries the real distinction.
- Treating the two forms as free synonyms after memorizing only one example.
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