N5 grammar

〜があります

gaarimasu

There is (things)

Formation

あります says that something exists or that you have it, and it covers objects, plants and events. The thing that exists takes が and its location takes に. For people and animals, Japanese switches to います.

Examples

〜があります is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

  1. We have a test tomorrow.

  2. Why do you walk when you have a car?

  3. There are a few disadvantages to it.

  4. Do you go to school on Saturday?

  5. Do you have any day tours?

The explanation is ours, written for this site. Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), each machine-checked to actually contain the pattern. Furigana is generated automatically, so a rare reading may be imperfect.