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いる: there is; to be (living)

N5 · 03 Particles and where things are

Says that a person or animal exists or is somewhere.

Place に + person/animal が + います. Polite: います; negative: いません. Living things only (people, animals); use ある for objects. Plants do not use いる. Ichidan verb, so the te-form is いて.

Examples

庭にわに犬いぬがいます。

There is a dog in the garden.

兄あには今いま、東京とうきょうにいます。

My older brother is in Tokyo now.

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