"Is there a police box in this town?"
Translation:この町にこうばんはありますか？
July 1, 2017
15 Comments
Is there a purpose to the particle に here? Couldn't the particles be は and が respectively (even in question format)?
September 8, 2017
There is an unwritten grammar rule that says は cannot appear more than once within the same sentence. Also, に is paired to あります for the sentence structure; "place / item / object " に ある for existence of something or an location
To simplify further,
まち に ~ ありますか means "Is there ~ at, in the town ？"
September 14, 2017
A police office Japanese style. Check this out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dban
July 4, 2018
Sorry, I see it's been approved already. But how come both が and は can be used over here? Any difference in meaning?
July 4, 2018
