This is the 615th most frequent Korean word.
곳에
"곳에" means "at/in the place."
Here, '곳에' is used as a locative marker to indicate the place where the action occurred.
이곳에 많은 친구들이 모였어요.
Many friends gathered at this place.
In this sentence, '곳에' expresses the destination of an intended action.
그는 새로운 곳에 가기로 결심했어요.
He decided to go to a new place.
The phrase '곳에' is used here to identify a specific location where the state was sustained.