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あります: there is / there are (things); to have

N5 · 05 Polite verbs and invitations

Polite form of ある: there is / there are (things, events), or I have.

Pattern: place に + thing が + あります. 机の上に本があります is 'there is a book on the desk'. People and animals use います instead. For where an event takes place use で: 駅でイベントがあります. It also means 'have': 私には時間があります. Forms: ありません (is not), ありました (was), ありませんでした (was not). Casual: ある, ない (not), あった. The casual negative is ない, never あらない.

Examples

On the desk there is a computer and books.

There is a bed and a desk in the room.

Adventurers have ranks.

The method is not that difficult.

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