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에서 vs 한테서
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서울에서 왔어요 = I came from Seoul (place origin).
친구한테서 들었어요 = I heard it from a friend (person source).
Using 에서 with a person often sounds wrong for “from someone.”
Mistake: 선생님에서 배웠어요 instead of 선생님에게서/한테서 배웠어요.
Level: elementary. Read both sides of the contrast, say the examples out loud, then write one correct and one incorrect sentence and fix it.
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Examples
부산에서 출발해요.
I depart from Busan.
형한테서 돈을 빌렸어요.
I borrowed money from my older brother.
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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