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N が あります (N ga arimasu) — there is / to have (things)

To say a (non-living) thing exists or that you have it.

Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

N [を] + が + あります

Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

When to use it

"I have time", "I have no money", "Do you have a car?" — when you say you have / do not have something.

Meaning

  • 〜があります = "there is / I have…".
  • The marker here is が, not を: 時間があります (I have time), お金がありません (I have no money).

Versus what you know

を was for the thing an action is done to (パンを食べます); あります does no action, it only says "there is", so が.

Watch out

あります is for non-living things (time, money, books); for people and animals use います (Lesson 10).

Examples (उदाहरणहरू)

時間があります。

じかんがあります。

I have time.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 時間 (time) ──> [ を ❌ ] ──> [ + が ✅ ] ──> 時間が ──> [ + あります (there is) ] ──> 時間があります (I have time).

お金がありません。

おかねがありません。

I don't have money.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) お金 (money) ──> [ + が ✅ ] ──> お金が ──> あります ──> [ - ❌ ます ] ──> [ + ません ] ──> お金がありません (I have no money).

車がありますか。

くるまがありますか。

Do you have a car?

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 車 (car) ──> [ + が ✅ ] ──> 車が ──> [ + あります ] ──> [ + か ] ──> 車がありますか (do you have a car?).

Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

Question: 1/3

Which says "I have time"?

💡 Hint: Non-living thing → あります.

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