Source / Origin
Ablative
Source
Origin
Where from?
extended
intermediate
Context
Signification
The starting point of movement, transfer, information, origin, cause, or separation.
Comment le repérer
Ask where something starts, comes from, or is removed from.
Exemples
Mots
from|out of|away from|since
Expressions
from London|out of the box|since Monday
Phrase
She came from Spain.
Visual guide
Basic shape
SOURCE ──come/take──▶ elsewhere She came from Spain. Question: where from? Source = starting point or origin
Compare shape
Goal vs Source: from Spain ──▶ here here ──▶ to the station SOURCE = start GOAL = endpoint Forms: from, case, postposition, prefix, particle
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue
French (standard)
Présence
strong
Importance
Source or origin is often marked by de and its contractions, or by the pronoun en.
Elle vient d’Espagne.
She comes from Spain.
Dans la langue d’apprentissage
Hungarian (standard)
Présence
strong
Difficulté
Source and origin use ablative-style endings and postpositions.
Budapestről jövök.
Budapest-from come-I.
Difficulté fréquente
Learners may mix source endings with location or goal endings.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.