Posted: 2010-06-09 / Updated: 2018-02-07

To study this grammar point, please make sure you understand the following:


Location particle is used with Essential Concepts and Terms for Grammar Study such as 있다, 이다 or 살다 (to exist, to be, to live).

톰은 학교에 있어요.
Tom is in school.

Location particle 에서 is used with Essential Concepts and Terms for Grammar Study to convey the place of action, as opposed to location of being.

톰은 학교에서 공부해요.
Tom studies at school.

Unlike in or at in English, the use of 에 and 에서 as location markers cannot be interchanged.


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