에게서/한테서: From a Person

From a person/animal — source particle pairing with 에게/한테.

Before this, make sure you know: -아요 / -어요 , 에게, 한테

How to form it

When	Form	Example
Person / animal (neutral–careful)	N + 에게서	친구에게서 / 선생님에게서
Person / animal (spoken)	N + 한테서	친구한테서 / 동생한테서

에게서 / 한테서 means from someone.

They are the source-side partners of 에게, 한테 (to someone). 우리말샘: both mark a person or animal as the starting point or source of an action; 한테서 is the colloquial member.

Pair map

Direction	Careful	Spoken
to	에게	한테
from	에게서	한테서

친구한테서 들었어요.       I heard it from a friend.
어머니에게서 편지를 받았어요. I got a letter from my mother.

Not 에서

에서 covers place (at / from a place). 에게서 is from a person. *서울에게서 is the wrong tool.

Written / abstract sources

For origins and textual or institutional sources in careful Korean, you will also meet (으)로부터. That is a register neighbour — not a dictionary twin of 에게서.

Shopping-unit partner

This unit also uses -어 보다 (try doing) — try the market, hear tips from people.

Do not confuse it with

에게, 한테

to a person — 에게 in writing, 한테 in speech

에서

where an action happens, and where you came from

Taught alongside this

In the Sejong course this appears in 동대문에 가 보세요 — Sejong Korean 2, Unit 2, on the theme of 쇼핑. These come with it:

-어 보다 try doing — and in the past, "have you ever"

Words used above

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에게서egeseofrom (a person) — careful/neutral

한테서hanteseofrom (a person) — spoken

받다batdato receive

듣다deutdato hear

Quick check

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

1. Which means 'I heard it from a friend' (spoken)?

2. 에게서 vs 에서?

3. Which is marked as more colloquial in the dictionary?

Common questions

Is this just 에게 + 서?

Historically related, but learn 에게서/한테서 as the from-person pair opposite 에게/한테.

Can I use it for places?

Dictionary focus is people/animals as source. For places, use 에서.

Honorific from?

Keep 선생님에게서 for careful speech at this level. Do not invent *한테께서.

Dictionary?

우리말샘: both mark the starting point or source of an action, with 한테서 labelled colloquial.