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Japanese Learning: Sentences describing “Existence” using the nouns for positions; [Noun1] no [Noun2] ni [Subject] ga Arimasu/Imasu.

It seems to be a little repetitive, but you need to use properly one of two intransitive verbs for describing an existence of someone or something.

1. Non-animal : [Place] ni [Non-Animal Subject]ga Arimasu.

2. Animals and Human : [Place] ni [Animals/Human Subject]ga Imasu.

For today’s learning, let us make [Place ] above [Noun1] no [Noun2]

3. Non-animal : [Noun1] no [Noun2] ni [Non-Animal Subject]ga Arimasu.

4. Animals and Human : [Noun1] no [Noun2] ni [Animals/Human Subject]ga Imasu.

In 3 nad 4, [Noun2]s are words that describes positions that we had learned two days ago. Check them out in the post two days ago. They are;

Ue, Shita, Migi, Hidari, Mae, Ushiro, Naka, Soto, Tonari

Practice and remember the following sentences. And check for what subject the intransitive verb “Imasu” is used, and for what subject the intransitive verb “Arimasu” is used.

5. Kombini no Tonari ni Ginkou ga Arimasu. (Next to the convenience store, there is a Bank.)

6. Kombini no Naka ni ATM ga Atimasu. (Inside the convenience store, there is an Automatic Teller Machine.)

7. Satou-san no Mae ni Suzuki-san ga Imasu. (In front of Sato-san, there is Suzuki-san.)

8. Satou-san no Hidari ni Takahashi-san ga Imasu. (On left side of Sato-san, there is Takahashi-san.)

This post was written with reference to the exercise A3 on Section 10 of “Minna no Nihongo” published by “3A Corporation”

Japanese Learning: Sentences describing “Existence” using the intransitive verb “Imasu”; [Ko-so-a for place] ni [Animals/Human Subject]ga Imasu.

We learned yesterday sentences describing existence of “Non-Animal”. Today, we are going to learn sentences describing existence of “Animals/Human”. Sentences of these two types are both verb predicates sentences, but the verbs are different;

– For Non-animal : [Place] ni [Non-Animal Subject]ga Arimasu.

– For Aninals : [Place] ni [Animals/Human Subject]ga Imasu.

It is difficult for a Japanese learner to use properly Arimasu or Imasu in conjunction with the subject. An error that happens frequently is to use Arimasu for a person. If someone is somewhere, use “Imasu”.

Practice and remember the following conversation;

A : Asoko ni Dare ga Imasuka. (Who is over there?)

B : Asoko ni Satou-san ga Imasu. (Sato-san is over there.)

Quiz : Choose Arimasu or Imasu in the following sentence.

Asoko ni Takushii ga { Arimasu or Imasu }

where; takushii is taxi

The answer will be shown tomorrow.

This post was written with reference to the exercise A2 on Section 10 of “Minna no Nihongo” published by “3A Corporation”