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Lesson 5: Nounがあります／います
In this lesson, I will teach you how to express “There is/are” and “have” in Japanese.
| Noun is something | Nounがあります |
| Noun is somebody or animal | Nounがいます |
Examples:
| 木があります。 There is a tree. ペンがあります。 There is a pen. 教室があります。 There is a classroom. 犬がいます。 There is a dog. 中村さんがいます。 Mr.Nakamura is here. |
Notes:
| ①You can add か in the end of あります・います to ask a question. A: ペンがありますか。Do you have a pen? B(answer version 1): はい、あります。 Yes, I do. B(answer version 2): いいえ、ありません。 No, I don’t. Note: No worries, you will learn Verb forms in Verb Course. For now, only remember that ありません is the Negative Form of あります. A: トム、いますか。 Is Tom here? B(answer version 1): はい、います。 Yes, he is here. B(answer version 2): いいえ、いません。No, he is not here. Note: No worries, you will learn Verb forms in Verb Course. For now, only remember that いません is the Negative Form of います. ②If you want to ask 【what do you have】, you should use 何. If you want to ask 【who are you】, you should use 誰。 A: 何がありますか。 What do you have? B: ノートがあります。 I have a note. A: 誰がいますか。 Who is here? B: 私がいます。 I’m here. ③You can use Nがありますか to express that you want something, For example, when you want to borrow a pen, you can say: A: ペンがありますか。 Do you have a pen? B: はい、どうぞ。 Yes, here you are. |
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This one still is a little bit confusing. So we need to replace す with せん for negative answer?
No worries, you will learn Verb forms in Verb Course. For now, only remember that ありません is the Negative Form of あります、いません is the Negative Form of います.
Why is it トム、いますか and not トムがいますか? Can you explain the difference? Thanks!
They are the same. In spoken Japanese, particle can be dropped. For example, この花、きれい！（この花がきれい）
Noun is something Nounがあります
Noun is somebody or animal Nounがいます
It’s pretty sure it’s supposed to be inanimate objects for あります, and animate for います, for example, since a plant or tree can move, you would use imasu, even though it is not a person or an animal.
Things that move on (walk) their own can say “います”.
Plants can’t move on their own, so you should use あります