JLPT Basic, JLPT Course
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Lesson 5: Existence Sentence
In this lesson, I will teach you the last sentence structure: Existence Sentence.
Existence Sentence is sentence like below:
Topic(person or animal) + は + Place + に + います
Topic(thing) + は + Place + に + あります
| Japanese | English |
| 私は教室にいます。 | I’m in the classroom. |
| 彼はイギリスにいます。 | He is in England. |
| 彼女はコンビニにいます。 | She is in the convenience store. |
| 本はデスクの上にあります。 | The book is on the desk. |
Explanation:
| In this sentence: ①教室 and デスクの上 are places. ②に is the particle that is used to mark the place where somebody or something exists. |
Dimensions:
Below is an image to help you make sentences with three Japanese sentence dimensions.
Examples:
| Japanese | English |
| 彼はここにいなかった。 | He was not here. |
| お風呂はありませんでした。 | There was no bathroom. |
| 彼らはここにいません。 | They’re not here. |
| パソコンは学校にあります。 | The computer is at school. |
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