"It is over here."
Translation:ここにあります。
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nope! the meaning is a little more specific with arimasu, but they'd both be fine as an answer here
「ここにあります」 " 'here' is the place at which [the subject] exists"
this would answer "where ARE your keys?", but I don't think this would answer the question of "where do you PUT your keys?"
「ここです」 "[the subject or the location of the subject] is this place"
I believe this would answer both of the previous questions, but I'm not completely certain that it would feel natural as an answer to "where are your keys?"
if a more experienced speaker has any corrections or feedback, I'd love to hear!
ここ に あります is always correct, as ここ simply means "here" - a place. こちら can also be translated into English as "here", but in the directional sense. A more literal translation would be "this way" (well illustrated by its now practically obsolete kanji: 此方 ). こっち is the casual version of こちら, and Duo tends to mark casual speech as incorrect either way (so far it's only teaching polite speech).
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So why is 'こちらです' incorrect? I would have thought that 'こちら' would translate better to 'over here' than 'ここ'.
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「が - ga」and 「に - ni」are Japanese particles. Japanese particles are small words, that indicate words' relations within a sentence. Most particles have multiple uses.
The particle 「が」can be used to introduce a new subject. For instance: アイスクリーム「が」あります。 Meaning "There is an ice cream."
The particle 「に」can for instance be used to indicate a location when combined with the verbs いる or ある. For instance: ここ「に」あります Meaning "It is over here."
If you want to know more about particles, then this link might be helpful> https://www.japanesepod101.com/japanese-particles/ (It's also my sauce ;3)
Short answer: が is used to say this object exists! While に is used to describe a location. (≧◡≦)
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You're welcome! :D I updated it because I think you were thinking of a different use of が. B)
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ここ means "here".
"this" would be これ or この, respectively.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_grammar#Demonstratives
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Directly before this (1) ex. I got the (2) "over there" ex. For 2, I put そちら and it was counted incorrect, wanting 向こう instead. Why would "over here" be こちら but "over there" be 向こう and not そちら or あちら?