jubangeseo yorihaeyo.

location particle

Breakdown of jubangeseo yorihaeyo.

• 요리하다: to cook
• 주방: kitchen

Questions & Answers about jubangeseo yorihaeyo.

What does -에서 mean in 주방에서?

-에서 marks the place where an action happens. In this sentence, 주방에서 means in the kitchen or at the kitchen in the sense of location of the action.

• 주방 = kitchen
• 에서 = in/at/from, when marking the place of an action

So 주방에서 요리해요 means that the action of cooking happens in the kitchen.

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Why is it 에서 and not 에?

This is a very common question.

Use -에서 when a person does an action somewhere:

• 주방에서 요리해요 = I cook in the kitchen.
• 학교에서 공부해요 = I study at school.

Use -에 more often for:

1. destination
   • 학교에 가요 = I go to school.
2. existence/location with verbs like 있어요 / 없어요
   • 주방에 냉장고가 있어요 = There is a refrigerator in the kitchen.
3. time in some cases
   • 세 시에 가요 = I go at three o’clock.

Since 요리하다 is an action verb, 에서 is the correct particle here.

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Why is the verb written as 요리해요 instead of 요리하다?