-에게

Korean

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “This looks like dative / locative particle 에 (e) + some other particle 게 (ge). How is this derived?”

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [e̞ɡe̞]
Phonetic hangul: [에게]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	ege
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ege
McCune–Reischauer^?	ege
Yale Romanization^?	eykey

Particle

에게 • (-ege)

the dative particle; to
엄마에게 전화를 했습니다.
eomma-ege jeonhwa-reul haetseumnida.
I called my mother.

Usage notes

-에게 is the non-honorific form of -께 (-kke). Both are used only with nouns denoting animate objects (usually people or animals). For nouns denoting inanimate objects, -에 (-e) is used instead.