Exist, there is in Japanese 🇯🇵

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Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– Think of "aru" (ある) as something being "around." If something exists, it's "around."
– Visualize the letters "a" and "r" forming a circle (like something that exists continually) followed by the "u," which is pronounced like “you,” keeping the existence personal and relatable.

Explanations:
– "ある" (aru) is used to indicate the existence of non-living things.
– This verb is different from "いる" (iru), which indicates the existence of living things such as people and animals.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– "存在する" (そんざいする, sonzai suru): To exist (more formal)
– "在る" (ある, aru): Another form of "exist," often used in more classical or literary contexts

Conjugations:

– Present:
– Positive: ある (aru) – There is/are
– Negative: ない (nai) – There isn't/aren't

– Past:
– Positive: あった (atta) – There was/were
– Negative: なかった (nakatta) – There wasn't/weren't

– Te-form (used for connecting to other verbs, making requests, etc.):
– ある -> あって (atte)

– Potential (can/able to):
– あり得る (ありえる, arieru) – Can exist

– Conditional:
– あれば (areba) – If there is/are

Example sentences:

– Present Positive: 部屋にテーブルがある。
– Room ni tēburu ga aru.
– There is a table in the room.

– Present Negative: 近くに店がない。
– Chikaku ni mise ga nai.
– There isn't a store nearby.

– Past Positive: 昨日公園に大きな木があった。
– Kinō kōen ni ōkina ki ga atta.
– There was a big tree in the park yesterday.

– Past Negative: 昨年、この場所に何もなかった。
– Sakunen, kono basho ni nani mo nakatta.
– Last year, there was nothing in this place.

– Te-form: 心配があって学校に行けなかった。
– Shinpai ga atte gakkō ni ikenakatta.
– There were worries, so I couldn't go to school.

– Potential: その可能性はあり得る。
– Sono kanōsei wa arieru.
– That possibility can exist.

– Conditional: 時間があれば、手伝います。
– Jikan ga areba, tetsudaimasu.
– If there is time, I will help.

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