にがあります
(Ni ga ari masu)
there is / exists (for inanimate things).
Connection rules
- ＋Place + に + Thing + が + あります
- ＋For animate things (people, animals), use います instead.
- ＋The thing that exists takes が, not は. If emphasizing the place as the topic, the place itself takes は: テーブルの上には何がありますか.
Examples
1.
机の上に本があります。
Tsukue no ue ni hon ga ari masu.
There is a book on the desk.
「there is / exists (for inanimate things)」
2.
部屋にテレビがあります。
Heya ni terebi ga ari masu.
There's a TV in the room.
「there is / exists (for inanimate things)」
Practice
There is a TV in the room.
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Romaji also accepted