N + 에게서 / 한테서 – From (someone)

Conjugation & Pattern

• Person Noun + 에게서 (standard) / 한테서 (colloquial)
• Often shortened to 에게 / 한테 with verbs like 받다, 배우다, 듣다

Detailed Usage

Attached to a person noun to mark the source from whom the subject receives, hears, or learns something.

Example Sentences

1. 1

   생일에 친구에게서 예쁜 선물을 받았어요.

   Saengire chinguegeseo yeppeun seonmureul badasseoyo.

   I received a pretty gift from my friend on my birthday.

2. 2

   언니한테서 한국 요리 만드는 법을 배웠어요.

   Eonnihanteseo hanguk yori mandeuneun beobeul baewosseoyo.

   I learned how to cook Korean food from my older sister.

3. 3

   고향에 계신 부모님에게서 편지가 왔어요.

   Gohyange gyesin bumonimegeseo pyeonjiga wasseoyo.

   A letter came from my parents in my hometown.