에 and 에서: going, being and doing

Distinguish a destination, a location of presence and a location of action.

학교에 가요 gives a destination. 학교에 있어요 gives a location of presence. 학교에서 공부해요 gives the location where studying happens.

학교에 가요.

I go to school.

학교에 있어요.

I am at school.

학교에서 공부해요.

I study at school.

집에서 책을 읽어요.

I read a book at home.

Examples in this unit are text-based. No pronunciation recording or automatic speaking score is used.

Notice the pattern

In this small set, 가요 uses destination 에, 있어요 uses location 에, and 공부해요/읽어요 use action-location 에서. 집 means home. These particles have other uses; this distinction is for the patterns taught here.

Try it yourself

Complete 학교__ 공부해요.

Complete 학교__ 가요.

Complete 집__ 있어요.

Build “I read a book at home.”

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RETRIEVE BEFORE YOU REVEAL

Say it in your own time.

Say you go to school, study there and read at home.

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