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에게/한테, 께: To a person

Person + 에게 or 한테 = "to" someone (give, send, call, say). 에게 is for writing and formal speech, 한테 for speech, and 께 is the honorific form. "From" a person is 에게서/한테서. Places and things take 에.

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WhenRuleExamples
To a person (writing, formal)N + 에게친구 → 친구에게
동생 → 동생에게
To a person (speech)N + 한테친구 → 친구한테
반장님 → 반장님한테
To an older or higher person (honorific)N + 께부모님 → 부모님께
선생님 → 선생님께
From a personN + 에게서 / 한테서친구 → 친구한테서
선생님 → 선생님에게서

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