"The animal has water."

Translation: 동물은 물이 있습니다.

[audrey.bal1]

Why is 동물이 물을 있습니다 wrong? Aren't we talking about the animal. And in the animal has the definitive 'the'. Please explain, thank you!

[nleconte]

TL,DR: Don't use 을/를 with 있다.

Before 있다, your "English" object becomes a subject in Korean (with 이/가). I used to think of it as "the water is/exists/...

Maybe think of it as a slightly different verb than the English "to have" with different grammar than in English.

Now, this of course makes it weird once you want to add an actual subject to the sentence, like is done here. You'd end up with two subjects in a sense.

So, that's where the subject here ends up using the topic particle (은/는) to avoid having two words with the 이 particle.

Disclaimer: I'm not a native speaker. I was never taught this particular grammar point. I just deduced it from frequent usage. I may be completely wrong on this. Take it with a grain of salt :)

[lljuanmarinll]

감사합니다

[T._S.]

This website goes into this, under the section "to be verb"

https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit1/unit-1-lessons-1-8/unit-1-lesson-1/

I found it helpful for understanding the grammar.

[Ollie-Benson]

Thank you :-)

[brocolli_holli]

감사합니다! Thanks a lot man

[cameron13070]

not a native speaker either, but I'm pretty sure this is right.

[HongEunPark]

have - 가지고 있다, 갖고 있다,

(가지고) 있다, (갖고) 있다

have - 가진다

have - 먹다 - eat - have lunch, have dinner

The animal has water.

동물은 물이 있습니다. - a little unnatural

가지고 = 갖고 > 가지+고 > 갖 + 고

동물은 물을 가지고 (있습니다/있어요) - fomal sounds and natural

동물은 물을 갖고 (있다/ 있어) - infomal sounds and natural

[brocolli_holli]

What is the difference between 있슴니다 and 잀슴니다 ??