A useful phrase to learn when starting out is “from A to B” in Korean. Describe directions and locations, time, sequences, and more by using these 3 simple particles. Now in some cases, you’ll use 에서 or 부터 but I’ll get into when to use which so let’s start!
How to Say From A to B in Korean
All you need is “A 에서/부터 B 까지”
에서/부터 is used as “from” and 까지 means “to” in this structure. In both 에서/부터 defines the start or beginning and 까지 means the end. So “from here to there” is just: “여기에서 저기까지”
Now you can expand by combining this and other beginner grammar structures to make much more complex sounding or meaningful sentences pretty simply!
A에서 B까지 vs A부터 B까지
But first, I’ll quickly get into the main difference between using 에서 or 부터 for “From here to there” in Korean.
- For 에서, it is used with physical locations or a distance.
- 부터 is used with a time range or sequence.
Examples Using 에서:
도서관에서 학교까지: from the library to school
서울에서 부산까지: from Seoul to Busan
여기에서 집까지: from here to home
Examples With 부터:
머리부터 발끝까지: from head to toe
아홉 시부터 다섯 시까지: from 9 to 5
일월부터 오월까지: from January to May
Expanding out the Phrases!
아홉 시부터 다섯 시까지
아홉 시부터 다섯 시까지 일해야 해요: I have work from 9 to 5
도서관에서 학교까지
오빠과 함께 도서관에서 학교까지 걸 거예요: I’m going to walk from the library to school with my brother
Try it out yourself and see how you’ll say phrases like:
“I have classes from January to May”
“He’s on vacation from August 1st to August 10th”
“My friend moved from Seoul to Busan”
“I flew to Seoul from California”
or other sentences!
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