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| １. Nが あります／います |
[Note] The thing or person may be plural.
This sentence pattern is used to indicate the existence or presence of something
or someone.
The thing or person in such a sentence is treated as the subject and is marked
with the particle が.
1) あります is used when what is present is inanimate or does
not move by itself. Things, plants and
places belong in this category.
| ① | コンピューターが あります。 | There is a computer. |
| ② | さくらが あります。 | There are cherry trees. |
| ③ | ねつが あります。 | I have a fever. |
2) When what is present is animate and moves by itself,
います is used. People and animals belong in
this category.
| ④ | おとこの ひとが います。 | There is a man. |
| ⑤ | いぬが います。 | There is a dog. |
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