Let’s take a look at\u00a0a sentence like this:<\/p>\n
\uce5c\uad6c\ud55c\ud14c \uc804\ud654\ud588\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>? (\uce5c\uad6c<\/strong> = friend. \ud55c\ud14c<\/strong> = to. \uc804\ud654\ud588\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = past tense of \uc804\ud654\ud558\ub2e4<\/strong>, or “to make a phone call”).<\/p>\n In English, this would mean, “Did you call your friend?”<\/p>\n The part that I want to focus on today is \ud55c\ud14c<\/strong>. Here, \ud55c\ud14c<\/strong> means “to” but not in the sense of direction, but in the sense of action or activity.<\/p>\n Now let’s take a look at a sentence like this, “\uc624\ub298 \ud560\uc544\ubc84\ub2d8\uaed8 \uc804\ud654\ud588\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>?”<\/p>\n (\uc624\ub298<\/strong> = today.\u00a0\ud560\uc544\ubc84\ub2d8<\/strong>\u00a0= grandfather. \uaed8<\/strong> = to. \uc804\ud654\ud588\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = past tense of \uc804\ud654\ud558\ub2e4<\/strong> or “To make a telephone call”)<\/p>\n In English, this would mean, “Did you call your grandfather today?”<\/p>\n Notice that instead of \ud55c\ud14c<\/strong>, \uaed8<\/strong> was used instead. This is because \uaed8<\/strong> is used for individuals who you want to show respect towards. Both \ud55c\ud14c <\/strong>and \uaed8<\/strong> is used when you are doing something to someone (in this case calling the person on the telephone), but depending on who the person is, you’ll use either \ud55c\ud14c<\/strong> or \uaed8<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Now let’s look at a sentence like this, “\uce5c\uad6c\ud55c\ud14c\uc11c\u00a0\uc120\ubb3c\uc744\u00a0\ubc1b\uc558\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n (\uce5c\uad6c<\/strong> = friend. \ud55c\ud14c\uc11c<\/strong> = from.\u00a0\uc120\ubb3c<\/strong> = gift. \uc744<\/strong> = object marking particle. \ubc1b\uc558\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = past tense of \ubc1b\ub2e4 <\/strong>or “to receive”)<\/p>\n In English, this would mean, “I received a gift from a friend.”<\/p>\n The particular word I want to focus on is \ud55c\ud14c\uc11c<\/strong>. \ud55c\ud14c\uc11c<\/strong> indicates the origin or source of the action. In this case, the friend was the origin of the action, which happens to be gift giving.<\/p>\n In the same vein, take a look at this example, “\uc120\uc0dd\ub2d8\uaed8\uc11c \uc120\ubb3c\uc744 \ubc1b\uc558\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n (\uc120\uc0dd\ub2d8<\/strong>\u00a0= teacher. \uaed8\uc11c<\/strong> = from.\u00a0\uc120\ubb3c<\/strong> = gift. \uc744<\/strong> = object marking particle. \ubc1b\uc558\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = past tense of \ubc1b\ub2e4<\/strong>)<\/p>\n In English, this would mean, “I received a gift from my teacher.”<\/p>\n Like \ud55c\ud14c\uc11c<\/strong>, \uaed8\uc11c<\/strong> indicates from who the action started. However, \uaed8\uc11c<\/strong> is used for those who need to be shown extra respect. Just remember that \ud55c\ud14c<\/strong>\/\uaed8 <\/strong>is to whom the action is being done to (to my grandmother, to my sister,etc) and \ud55c\ud14c\uc11c<\/strong>\/\uaed8\uc11c<\/strong> is from who the action came from (from my mom, from my brother).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let’s take a look at\u00a0a sentence like this: \uce5c\uad6c\ud55c\ud14c \uc804\ud654\ud588\uc5b4\uc694? (\uce5c\uad6c = friend. \ud55c\ud14c = to. \uc804\ud654\ud588\uc5b4\uc694 = past tense of \uc804\ud654\ud558\ub2e4, or “to make a phone call”). In English, this would mean, “Did you call your friend?” The part that I want to focus on today is \ud55c\ud14c. Here, \ud55c\ud14c means “to” but not…<\/p>\n