【Japanese grammar: noun + がいます (ga imasu) = There is + noun】how to describe where someone is

On this page, you can learn Japanese grammar to describe where someone (people, animals) is.

Sentence pattern

せんせい

You need to translate from the end of the sentence.

Example

Note

Noun has to be a person or an animal to use がいます.

Use あります instead of います, if Noun is an object.

【Japanese grammar: noun + があります (ga arimasu) = There is + noun】how to describe where something is

Let's learn how to say those sentences in Japanese: There is a bag next to shoes. There are scissors to the right of a watch. There is a window above a sofa. There is not a supermarket near my house. There are not pencils in a pencil case.

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2016.10.24

There is not

Change います into いません if you want to say ‘There is not’.

Exercise

Task: Change into Japanese.

• There is a child.
• There are dogs.
• There are cats.
• There is not a horse.
• There is not a bee.

Extention

‘noun + がいます’ is often used with location expressions to describe where a person or an animal is.

Example

Exercise

Task: Change into Japanese.

• There is a monkey to the left of a bridge.
• There are cows next to the lake.
• There are dolphins under the ship.
• There is not a koala on a car.
• There is not a spider behind the bin.

Answer