에게로: Toward a Person

Toward someone — 에게 + 로, marking a person/animal as the direction of an action.

Before this, make sure you know: -아요 / -어요 , 에게, 한테 , (장소)에

How to form it

When	Form	Example
Person / animal noun	N에게로	친구에게로 / 아이에게로
With motion or sending verbs	N에게로 + verb	선생님에게로 가요

에게로 aims an action toward a person (or animal).

친구에게로 다가갔어요 — I walked over toward my friend.

Forms

Shape	Use
N에게로	toward N (person/animal)

아이에게로 공을 굴렸어요.   I rolled the ball toward the child.
손님에게로 걸어갔어요.     I walked toward the customer.
편지는 동생에게로 보냈어요. I sent the letter to(ward) my sibling.

Beside 에게 / 한테

Form	Job
에게, 한테 에게/한테	to / for a person
에게로	toward a person (에게 + 로)

Give/tell lines often stay with 에게. Movement and “headed toward” lines are where 에게로 earns its keep.

Not place 에

(장소)에 학교에 가요 — place goal. *학교에게로 is wrong. Keep 에게로 in the person/animal set.

Not 에서

에서 marks where an action happens or comes from. Direction-toward-a-person is a different particle story.

Do not confuse it with

에게, 한테

to a person — 에게 in writing, 한테 in speech

(장소)에

at, to — a destination or a static location

에서

where an action happens, and where you came from

Taught alongside this

In the Sejong course this appears in 저는 시간이 있을 때 요리해요 — Sejong Korean 2, Unit 17, on the theme of 취미. These come with it:

-을 때 when — the moment something happens -게 되다 ending up that way — a change you did not choose

Words used above

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에게로egerotoward (a person/animal)

편지pyeonjiletter

보내다bonaedato send

다가가다dagagadato approach

Quick check

No sign-up, no score saved — just see if it stuck.

1. What is 에게로 built from?

2. Who can take 에게로?

3. Which is natural?

Common questions

에게 vs 에게로?

[[g:ege-hante]] 에게/한테 marks the person something is aimed at or given to. 에게로 keeps that personal target and adds the 로 'toward' feel — useful with movement and sending.

한테로?

Spoken Korean often pairs 한테 with 로 the same way. Classroom spelling here is 에게로.

Place particles?

[[g:e-place]] 에 and [[g:eseo]] 에서 are for places. Do not say 학교에게로 for going to school.

Honorific?

For high status recipients you already use 께 in the 에게 family; follow the same person-targeting habits and check full phrases in real use.