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Grammar Beginner TOPIK I · Level 1–2 Sejong Korean 1 · Unit 16

에서, 까지

에서…까지: From Here to There

From… to… — 에서 for the starting point of movement, 까지 for the end of the range.

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

How to form it

When Form Example
Starting place N + 에서 여기에서 / 집에서
End of range N + 까지 서울역까지 / 여기까지
Route pair A에서 B까지 여기에서 서울역까지

에서…까지 draws a line on the map: start here, end there.

우리말샘 lists 에서 with a departure-point sense among its place uses, and 까지 as marking the end of a range — often pairing with a start marker like 에서 or 부터.

The pair

여기에서 서울역까지 어떻게 가요?   How do I get from here to Seoul Station?
집에서 학교까지 걸어요.             I walk from home to school.
서울에서 부산까지 기차로 가요.       I go from Seoul to Busan by train.
PieceJob
A에서starting place
B까지end of the range

에서 vs 부터

Feel
A에서 B까지place departure → place end (routes)
A부터 B까지general “from… until…” (부터)

Both can pair with 까지. This page trains the route reading with 에서.

에 vs 에서 (quick)

Do not collapse them. Existence/arrival leans on (장소)에 (에). Leaving a place or naming where action happens leans on 에서. For from A to B, put 에서 on A.

Same-unit partner

Traffic units also need formal announcements — see -으십시오 for the command ending on signs and broadcasts.

How you travel the route is a different particle: 지하철로 — (으)로.

Do not confuse it with

부터

from — a starting point in time

(장소)에

at, to — a destination or a static location

Taught alongside this

In the Sejong course this appears in 여기에서 서울역까지 어떻게 가요? — Sejong Korean 1, Unit 16, on the theme of 교통. These come with it:

-으십시오 formal command — signs, announcements, service speech

Words used above

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에서eseofrom (starting place) / at (action location)
까지kkajiup to / until / as far as
여기yeogihere
서울역seoullyeokSeoul Station

Quick check

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

1. Which asks 'How do I get from here to Seoul Station?'

2. How does 에서 (start) differ from 부터?

3. Which particle marks the destination end of the range?

Common questions

Is 에서 only 'from'?

No. 에서 also marks where an action happens (학교에서 공부해요). In this slot the textbook focus is the starting point of a route with 까지.

에서 vs 에 for place?

[[g:e-place]] covers existence and arrival with 에. 에서 is the departure / action-location cousin. For routes: leave from X with 에서, range the end with 까지.

Can I use 부터…까지 instead?

Yes — 지금부터 세 시까지 is natural. For place-to-place directions, A에서 B까지 is the pair this lesson drills.

Does 까지 always need 에서?

No. 여기까지 alone can mean 'up to here.' The pair appears when you name both ends of the range.