other N5 essential casualpolitewritten

〜があります — there is ~ (polite)

〜があります ・ があります
Builds on 〜がいる

Meaning

Key sentence

There is a bank over there.

Formation

Attaches toFormExample
Location + thing [場所ばしょ] に + N が + あります ちかくにコンビニがあります
Negative ありません ここにはお手洗てあらいがありません

Examples

Do you have any questions?
There's a Japanese test next week.
There's a small shop inside the station.

Easily confused with

See 〜があります in real sentences

Jengo shows 〜があります the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

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Sources Compiled from published Japanese grammar references.

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