Source / Origin
Where from?
Maksud
The starting point of movement, transfer, information, origin, cause, or separation.
Cara mengenalinya
Ask where something starts, comes from, or is removed from.
Contoh
from|out of|away from|since
from London|out of the box|since Monday
She came from Spain.
Visual guide
SOURCE ──come/take──▶ elsewhere She came from Spain. Question: where from? Source = starting point or origin
Goal vs Source: from Spain ──▶ here here ──▶ to the station SOURCE = start GOAL = endpoint Forms: from, case, postposition, prefix, particle
Paparan bahasa
Dalam bahasa ibunda Anda
English often uses from, out of, off, and away from to mark origin or source.
She came from Spain.
from Spain = source/origin
Dalam bahasa yang Anda pelajari
Source and origin are typically marked with de and desde, with important idiomatic distinctions.
Vengo de Madrid. Trabajo desde casa.
I come from Madrid. I work from home.
Learners may use de and desde interchangeably even when Spanish separates origin from starting point.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.