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"にもつはありますか？"
Translation:Do you have luggage?
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No, not that I know of, but you can use にもつ to describe people that are a drag/dead-wood, or other things that weigh you down.
So, "do you have baggage?" Could mean "do you have any friends that are really not friends and are that person that tags along even though no one likes them?"
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That is my problem also. There were three sentences right before this one, which was xxxはありますか, whith the "Is there xxx?" translation.
I think i misunderstood you... Did you mean, "in opposition to 'ga'"?
Niko from nihongoshark has an explanation heavily dependent on examples that basically says to use "wa" when omitting the direct subject of the associated verb, capitalized: 今日は（天気が）雨だ。Today (the weather) IS rain; and "ga" when pointing out the direct subject of the associated verb, capitalized: 雨が降っている。Rain FALLS.
His opinion is that it's not a hill to die on- you'll be understood by using either and you'll eventually learn it naturally by speaking with native speakers.
Luggage is the subject, so it gets the subject marker "wa". This would be the same if it wasn't a question as well.
I think that if there were "ga", then one could not tell if the meaning is: "(watashi wa) nimotsu ga arimasu ka?"
"(anata wa) nimotsu ga arimasu ka?"
"(whatever you talked about before) wa nimotsu ga arimasu ka?"
With the thing in "()" being the ommited topic (you can do that in japanese AFAIK). Suddenly the listener does not understand what the hell do you want to ask, because he is unsure about the topic of the ".....is it a luggage?"
So, to get the meaning of the sentence across, you have to use "wa"
I thought it would be 'にもつがありますか'? Where are they referencing this grammar?
Niko from nihongoshark has an explanation heavily dependent on examples that basically says to use "wa" when omitting the direct subject of the associated verb, capitalized: 今日は（天気が）雨だ。Today (the weather) IS rain; and "ga" when pointing out the direct subject of the associated verb, capitalized: 雨が降っている。Rain FALLS.
His opinion is that it's not a hill to die on- you'll be understood by using either and you'll eventually learn it naturally by speaking with native speakers.
"Are there baggages?" is corrected to "Is there baggages?" Also, "Do you have a luggage" is corrected to "Do you have luggage"
Baggage and luggage are uncountable nouns. They can't be plural and can't be preceded by the indefinite article "a".
"Is there baggage?"
"Do you have luggage?"
I find this odd, as in English, if you're talking about baggage or luggage, at any time when they would be asking this question, "any" would be included.
Unless your luggage is alive, no. The verb "to be" for inanimate objects is あります
