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Lesson 45 · starting and ending points

From … to …: から and まで

Mark a starting point and an endpoint, in time or in space.

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から marks the starting point; まで marks the endpoint. Both come after the point they mark: 朝あさ から 夜よる まで means “from morning until night.” English puts “from” and “until” before their phrases.

The same pattern works for time and place: 月曜日げつようび から 金曜日きんようび まで means “from Monday to Friday,” and 家いえ から 駅えき まで means “from home to the station.” This use of から means “from,” not the reason-marking “because” you learned earlier.

You can use either particle on its own. 何時なんじ から です か asks “What time does it start?” 駅えき まで 歩あるきます means “I walk as far as the station.”

Examples

  • I study from morning until night.

  • I go to school from Monday to Friday.

  • I go from home to the station by train.

  • What time does it start?