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- "水がたくさんあります。"
"水がたくさんあります。"
Translation:There is a lot of water.
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ある and いる both mean "to exist", but ある is used for objects and plants while いる is used for animald and people.
The polite form of these is あります and います, the things you see at the end of the sentence sometimes
Ga indicates subject being 'water', Wa/Ha indicates topic which would be the fact there is 'a lot of it'
You could certainly, and quite correctly, say, "There is much water." It would sound a little stilted, so you might say it if you were being facetious, for example.
It sounds unnatural in English. It's better to say "there is a lot of water" or "there is too much water" depending on what you're trying to say.
Not the english course, but: "Much" should be used in negative sentences, questions or with a negative particle. In day-to-day english people may use it in positive sentences but itvis rare.
A lot of times people will take the reverse course to get more advanced practice in the target language because you have more exercises where you compose in the actual language you want.
But also, nice explanation. I didn't even realize that about my own language!
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It is perfect English, though it may sound a bit formal or old-fashioned. It should be accepted.
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Could this also mean "I have a lot of water"? I've seen "arimasu" also be used when referring to "having" something...
I put this and it was marked as correct. Not sure if there is a meaningful semantic difference
Why is "there is enough water" not correct? Doesn't takusan imply 'in abundance'?
I mean those are kind of different concepts. "Enough" is like "the right amount" or "a sufficient amount," whereas "an abundance" is more than enough, maybe even too much. Saying there is enough when there is an abundance is a form of sarcasm.
"Day after day, day after day, we stuck, nor breath, not motion As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean Water, water everywhere and all the boards did shrink Water, water everywhere nor any a drop to drink." Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
The way she says it is so funny. "水がたくさん.... あります。" It's like she's upset and speaking in short, quippy phrases.
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I translated it as "I have a lot of water" and I imagined a dude sitting in a Date and he sais this to impress the partner. I dont know why, but that was my first thought and I had to laugh so hard
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Could this also have been translated as, "I have a lot of water."?
Given that 〜は is not provided, it could be "understood" that the topic is referring to the speaker ("As for me, there is a lot of water.") Or am i misunderstanding something?
I know that "There is a lot of water." probably makes more sense in just about every scenerio where this sentence might be applicable, but i would like to have some clarification as to why the alternative would not be a correct translation, given the lack of context.
I assume the "There is a lot of water" translation only works as a response to a sentence that has already clarifed the topic, rather than a sentence that stands alone or is used to start a conversation-- because 〜は would be needed for clarification if one where to change the topic of the conversation.
Am I correct in these assumptions, or am I forgetting something fundamental here?
There is a lot of water or I have a lot of water? What is the best translation?
Ehm. Correct me if I'm wrong. But "Misu" is suppose to mean like "cold water" right?
Like specifically cold water?
Also, with it being used here, I'm assuming that means it can be used to just mean cold water in general. And that if I'm saying this, I'm not actually saying "Boy, there sure are a lot of cold glasses of water out here!"
