Preposition 에게, 한테, 께

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Noun, Pronoun + 에게 / 한테 / 께

TO someone

In the Korean language, -에게 and -한테 are used to indicate the recipient of an action or object. It is often translated as "to somebody". -에게 is typically used in both written and spoken Korean while -한테 is mainly used in spoken Korean.

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할아버지는 손자에게 / 손자한테 선물을 줍니다.

선생님이 학생에게 / 학생한테 물어봅니다.

-께 is a polite version of both -에게 and -한테.

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손자가 할아버지께 선물을 드립니다.

학생이 선생님께 여쭙니다.

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