TOPIK I · LEVEL 2
-에게로
Marks a person or animal as the direction or destination of a movement: 'toward, to (someone)'. Mostly written or narrative; in speech 한테로.
조사ParticlesHan: 에게로 is only for people and animals; places take (으)로.
Examples
모든 사람들의 시선이 그에게로 쏠렸다.Everyone's eyes turned to him.
아이는 엄마를 보자마자 엄마에게로 달려갔다.As soon as the child saw its mother, it ran to her.
잃어버렸던 편지는 결국 주인에게로 돌아갔다.The lost letter finally went back to its owner.
Don’t mix up
-에게로vs-에게에게 marks the receiver (주다, 전화하다); 에게로 marks the direction of movement: 친구에게 선물을 줬다 vs 친구에게로 달려갔다.
-에게로vs-(으)로(으)로 shows direction to a place; for a person you need 에게로: 학교로 갔다 vs 선생님에게로 갔다.How to build it
N (person/animal)+에게로 (spoken: 한테로)
친구 → 친구에게로; 엄마 → 엄마에게로 / 엄마한테로; 그 → 그에게로
- Used with verbs of motion or transfer: 가다, 오다, 달려가다, 돌아가다, 향하다, 쏠리다, 넘어가다.
- Only for people and animals; for places use (으)로: 학교로 가요.
- Unlike 에게, it stresses direction, so it does not go with simple giving verbs: 친구에게 줬다, not 친구에게로 줬다.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 아이가 공원에게로 달려갔어요.
Right: 아이가 공원으로 달려갔어요.
에게로 is only for people and animals; places take (으)로.
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All TOPIK grammar- -께-께 is the honorific form of 에게/한테: 'to' a person you respect.
- -씩-씩 after an amount means 'each' or 'at a time': the same amount for every person or every unit.
- -쯤-쯤 after a time, amount or place means 'about / around'.
- -께서-께서 is the honorific subject particle: it replaces 이/가 when the subject is someone you respect.
- -마다Attached to a noun, 마다 means "every" or "each": the same thing happens with every one of those times, people, or places.
- -밖에-밖에 means 'only / nothing but' and is always followed by a negative verb.
- -보다보다 attaches to the thing you measure against, like English "than": X is more (or less) than the noun with 보다.
- -처럼/같이Attached to a noun, 처럼/같이 mean 'like N': something looks, acts or is done the same way as N.
- -에게서/한테서-에게서/한테서 marks the person something comes from: 'from (someone)'.
