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- "There are no pets."
"There are no pets."
Translation:ペットはいません。
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Verb conjugation thing. I believe it comes from the "iru" verb which means 'to be' (animate objects).
いる verb form います affirmative form いません negative form
Care to explain the difference between ある and いる? When should I be using each one?
いる for smth have brain. ある For smth have no brain. smth have brain but dead...we use ある.
ある is for the inanimate like a table. いる is for the animate like an animal or a person.
What about fungi? Technically closer relation to animal but has no brain. Also bacteria/etc?
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I think it's more about what is living in a colloquial sense, not how close it is to the animal kingdom. So probably even some seemingly inanimate animals like corals, fall under ある.
As I understand it the difference is: ペットはいません。- There are no pets. (Emphasis on lack.) ペットがいません。- There are no pets. (Emphasis on pets, as if to imply that there are other things, just not pets.)
I really feel it should be ga and not wa. :/ Maybe I'm just super out of practice, but I thought it was always ga that came before aru.
think out of boundary, remember it is always learning the rules first only to find out exceptions & variations later.
- 699
です polite ending for nouns/adjectives.
ます polite ending for verbs.
あります is the verb ある+ます and it means "exists (for inanimate subjects)"
います is the verb いる+ます meaning " exist (for animated subjects)"
Why isn't "あそこ" used when it's asking for the translation of THERE are no pets?
- 613
"There are" isn't a location indicator in English, it's an existence indicator (which translates to いません, a negative one due to "There are no...). If you had said "There are no pets there", then we're talking location.
Why isn't the では form used to say there aren't any pets? or even ペットではありません。vs ペットではいません。I don't fully understand when to use the い's function, even tho other threads are explaining it.
ではありません would be the negative form of です to state that something is something
ペットです - It is a pet
ペットではありません - It is not a pet
ある and いる alone are verbs meaning "to exist", ある for inanimate objects, いる for animate ones.
ペンがあります - There is a pen (a pen exists)
ペンはありません - There is not a pen (a pen does not exist)
ペットがいます - There is a pet (a pet exists)
ペットはいません - There is no pet (a pet does not exist)
- 699
は is pronounced as "ha" and becomes "wa" if it is used as a particle.
わ is pronounced as "wa" all the times.
what is the difference between petto de wa arimasen and petto ha I masen??
ではありません is the negative form of です - The copula, used for "is/am/are"
ペットです - It is a pet
ペットではありません - It is not a pet
いません is the negative form of います - the polite form of the verb 「いる」 "to exist" for animate/living things.
ペットがいます - A pet exists (I have a pet)
ペットはいません - A pet does not exist (I do not have a pet)
Okay thanks! So would this be correct... petto ga i masu (there is a pet) Petto wa I masen (this is no pet) Denwa wa arimasu (there is a phone) Denwa wa arimasen (there is no phone)
Eg animate vs in animate objects?
Please correct me if I am totally wrong !!
- 613
Not wrong. は is fine. With 'は' the sentence translates to "As for pets, there are none." To paraphrase Tae Kim, think of が as an identification particle - not as a subject particle.
