から (Starting Point / Source Marker) Japanese Grammar Lesson
Grammar Type: Particle
Essential Meaning: From / Since / Out of (marks a spatial or temporal starting point or a source)
Construction:
- Starting Point / Source + から
- E.g. 6時から [From 6 o’clock]
- E.g. 駅から [From the station]
- E.g. 米から [From / Out of rice]
- E.g. ボブから [From Bob]
Notes:
- から (Starting point / Source marker) is a particle that marks a temporal starting point (e.g. “From 6 PM“), a spatial starting point (e.g. “From America“), or a source (e.g. “Sake is made out of rice“).
- When から (Starting point / Source marker) marks a source, that source may be a person (e.g. “From Mark“), a material (e.g. “Out of sake“), or a cause / reason (e.g. “The fight started from a minor quarrel“).
Example Sentences:
パーティーは八時から始まる。[The party starts from 8 o’clock.]
今日の授業は一時から三時までです。[Today’s lesson is from 1 o’clock to 3 o’clock.]
このバスはニューヨークから来た。[This bus came from New York.]
ここから富士山が見えるよ。[You can see Mt. Fuji from here.]
そのタイプライターは誰から借りたんですか。[From whom did you borrow that typewriter?]
酒は米から作る。[Sake is made from rice.]
つまらないことからけんかになった。[The fight started from a minor incident.]
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