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N5Lesson 5

There is / There are

📚 Vocabulary

æ—„æœŹèȘžEnglishNotes
đŸ”Šă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™
there is (non-living)arimasu
đŸ”Šă„ăŸă™
there is (living)imasu
🔊いぬ
doginu
🔊ねこ
catneko
đŸ”Šă€ăăˆ
desktsukue
🔊いす
chairisu
🔊かぎ
keykagi
🔊テレビ
TVterebi
🔊まや
roomheya

📝 Grammar

ă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™ăƒ»ă„ăŸă™

Arimasu / Imasu

Use ă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™ for non-living things (objects). Use ă„ăŸă™ for living things (people & animals).

Patterns
N が ă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™ă€‚
There is N (object).
N が ă„ăŸă™ă€‚
There is N (living).
Examples
🔊

ă€ăăˆ た うえ に ペン が ă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™ă€‚

Tsukue no ue ni pen ga arimasu.

There is a pen on the desk.

🔊

まや に ねこ が ă„ăŸă™ă€‚

Heya ni neko ga imasu.

There is a cat in the room.

PLACE に N が ă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™ïŒă„ăŸă™

Location Sentence

Place + に marks the location where something exists.

Patterns
まや に テレビ が ă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™ă€‚
There is a TV in the room.
いえ に いぬ が ă„ăŸă™ă€‚
There is a dog at home.

💬 Dialogues

Inside the room

🔊
A:まや に ăȘに が ă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™ă‹ă€‚
Heya ni nani ga arimasu ka?
What is in the room?
🔊
B:テレビ ず いす が ă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™ă€‚
Terebi to isu ga arimasu.
There is a TV and a chair.
🔊
A:いぬ は ă„ăŸă™ă‹ă€‚
Inu wa imasu ka?
Is there a dog?
🔊
B:はい、いぬ が ă„ăŸă™ă€‚
Hai, inu ga imasu.
Yes, there is a dog.

📖 Room introduction

🔊

わたし た まや に は ă€ăăˆ ず いす が ă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™ă€‚ă€ăăˆ た うえ に ăƒ‘ă‚œă‚łăƒł が ă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™ă€‚ăƒ™ăƒƒăƒ‰ た した に は かぎ が ă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™ă€‚ă„ăŹ は ă„ăŸă›ă‚“ă€‚

Watashi no heya ni wa tsukue to isu ga arimasu. Tsukue no ue ni pasokon ga arimasu. Beddo no shita ni wa kagi ga arimasu. Inu wa imasen.

In my room, there is a desk and a chair. There is a computer on the desk. There is a key under the bed. There is no dog.

✏ Exercices

Fill in the Blanks

Choose ă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™ or ă„ăŸă™.

まや に ねこ が ___。

ă€ăăˆ た うえ に ほん が ___。

Translation Exercise

Translate:

EN: There is a dog in the house.

Show Answer

æ—„æœŹèȘž: いえ に いぬ が ă„ăŸă™ă€‚

EN: There is a key on the desk.

Show Answer

æ—„æœŹèȘž: ă€ăăˆ た うえ に かぎ が ă‚ă‚ŠăŸă™ă€‚