"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!
does ここに literally mean "in/at here" or "in/at this place"?
and ここです "(it) is here"?
Pretty much. I think the former is closer to 'here is where it is' as opposed to 'here it is', but afaik they can almost always be used interchangeably
To be brief, it seems to me like "ここです" is like answer "here" to the question of where something is. However if you mean to say yourself that "[Something] is/exists here" you would use "ここにあります".
It's correct . And you can try writing ここにある as well. Though it's an informal sentence. It works too
if I have used です instead of あります, would I need に as well? would it be 「ここです」or 「ここにです」?
I translated "it is over here" as こっち に あります and Duo is telling me that it's incorrect. Accepted answer is ここ に あります. Is this a mistake? I'm already confused and cannot tell when to use koko, kocchi and kochira anymore. Can somebody please explain?
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).
afaik こち is usually used to becjon someone to your location like "come here"
ここ = 'here', as in 'in this location'/'at this spot'. I.e. the place you're physically at.
こちら = 'here' in the sense of 'the thing/person/place over here' (close to the speaker). It's more an indication of direction relative to the speaker/listener.
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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'.
a more accurate way to translate こちら is "this way"which in a conversation you could say "over here"
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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)
I dont know what I would do without comments like that. ありがとうございます you're teaching me japanese just as much as the lessons itself.
Other than when using "こちら" this can also mean "it's here" without the "over" because the first person might be at the same place where the second person is. Correct me if I'm wrong.
ここ is almost always written in kana alone. You will very rarely, if ever, see it written in kanji. Especially as 此 is not one of the jouyou kanji taught in school. It is better to not get in the habit of using it.
The translation here doesn't match the 'correct' one given in the exercise (although this one does use the given vocabulary and the other one uses kana that weren't offered to make the sentence.
I thought ここ meant "where" and そこ meant "over there" (the 'there' that is not where "you" are)?
Whats the difference between koko and doko? And how do i know when to use them?
ここ means "this" refering to an object close to you.
どこ means "where".
So you would say "ここ((about) this) は(ha) どこ(where) ですか(is it) ？".
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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?
The lesson focussed kinda on あっち こっち こっちら etc so i thought こっちらです might work. It didn't. Seems it should be こっちらでございます. That feels really archaic with the でございます. Why couldn't i just use what i did and why is the correct awnser so archaic?
I have no clue on how to set this up with no word for "it" and everything being implied. Ive seen some questions with "over there" being arimasu then some other questions with "over there" being asoko/soko. Can someone help me?
Previous question had me translating こっちらです to it is over here, and now I have to use all different words to translate from it is over here to ここにあります。
I said " are wa koko ni arimasu" because it says " IT IS over here" so I thought that I should say "are wa " but my answer didn't accept, why?
Lol, I know this is completely irrelevant but still, it reminds me of the moment when bts were ignoring jimin on stage and pretending to look for him lol. Cause they were saying,"koko desu?" Btw, they are korean so is it normal for koreans to speak Japanese or it's just that bts can speak it?