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We learned that the particle 㠦 can be used after the time expression as
well. However, as seen above, while the particle 㠦 simply means “at,” the
particle 䎆 “from” indicates a starting temporal point.
The particle ₢㰖 indicates an ending point, and it corresponds to “to,”
“up to,” “until” or “as far as” in English. When the particle is used with a
place noun, it indicates an ending location (e.g., destination), as in:
Ⓤ㣫㔲₢㰖 㹾⪲ ㎎㔲Ṛ Ỏ⩺㣪 “(It) takes three hours by car to New
York City”
䞯ᾦ₢㰖 Ⲗ㠊㣪 “(It) is far to school”
When the particle is used with a temporal noun, it indicates an ending
temporal point, as in:
㡺䤚 Y㔲₢㰖 ₆┺ⰊGỆ㡞㣪 “(We) will wait until 2:00 p.m.”
㞚䂾 ]㔲₢㰖 ⴑ 㧺㠊㣪 “(I) could not sleep until 6 o’clock in the
morning”
The particles 䎆 and ₢㰖 are often used together to express “from [time
expression] to [time expression].”
㡺㩚 XX㔲䎆 㡺䤚GZ㔲₢㰖 “From 11:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m.”
㞚䂾䎆 ₢㰖 “From morning till night”
㠊㩲䎆G⌊㧒₢㰖 “From yesterday till tomorrow”
In a similar manner, the particles 㠦㍲ and ₢㰖 frequently show up
together to indicate “from [location] to [location].”
㍲㤎㠦㍲ ☯ἓ₢㰖 “From Seoul to Tokyo”
䄺䞒㑣㠦㍲ 㞚䕢䔎₢㰖 “From the coffee shop to the apartment”
ⲎⰂ㠦㍲G䐇₢㰖 “From head to toe”
The particle ₢㰖 can be used with a non-time and/or a non-place noun,
such as persons, clothes, and so forth. When it is used with a non-place
or a non-time noun, the particle ₢㰖 means “including (even).” Consider
the following examples:
⧒₢㰖G㍲㤎㠦GṪ㠊㣪 “Even Barbra went to Seoul”
㠊㩲Gⰻ㭒₢㰖GⰞ㎾㠊㣪 “(We) even drank beers yesterday”
䔎₢㰖G㌖㠊㣪 “(I) even bought a belt”
䅊䜾䎆₢㰖G䕪㞮㞚㣪 “(I) even sold the computer”
䏶Ⱎ㓺㦮G㡂㧦䂲ῂ₢㰖GⰢ⌂㠊㣪 “(I) even met Thomas’ girlfriend”
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