maikeueseo baeteorireul ppaesseo.

battery

Breakdown of maikeueseo baeteorireul ppaesseo.

• 마이크: a microphone
• 빼다: to remove; leave out

Questions & Answers about maikeueseo baeteorireul ppaesseo.

Why is 에서 used after 마이크?

In this sentence, 에서 marks the source or starting point of the removal.

So 마이크에서 배터리를 뺐어 means the battery was removed from the microphone.

Learners often first meet 에서 as meaning at / in the place where an action happens, but it also has another very common use: from, out of.

For example:

• 가방에서 지갑을 꺼냈어 = I took the wallet out of the bag.
• 주머니에서 손을 뺐어 = I took my hand out of my pocket.

Here, 마이크에서 works the same way: the battery came out from the microphone.

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Could I use 에 instead of 에서 here?

Normally, no. With 빼다 when you mean remove X from Y, Korean usually uses Y에서 X를 빼다.

So:

• 마이크에서 배터리를 뺐어 = natural

But:

• 마이크에 배터리를 뺐어 = unnatural / incorrect for this meaning

A useful contrast is:

• 에 is often used with verbs like put in / attach to / go to
• 에서 is often used when something comes out of somewhere

For example:

• 마이크에 배터리를 넣었어 = I put the battery into the microphone.
• 마이크에서 배터리를 뺐어 = I took the battery out of the microphone.

So 에 and 에서 can create an opposite pair in this kind of situation.

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Why does 배터리 have 를 after it?