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〜があります

There is / exists (inanimate things)machine translation

FormationNoun (thing) + があります

Use 〜があります to say that something exists or is somewhere — for inanimate things: objects, plants, buildings, events. 「本があります」= there is a book.

The full pattern: place に + noun が + あります. Beyond existence, this pattern also expresses possession (宿題があります = I have homework) and events (パーティーがあります = there's a party).

Important note: for people and animals you must use います, not あります. The negative of あります is ありません.

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