Japanese Grammar: Expressing Inanimate and Animate Existence 「ある」「いる」

Before starting the exercise for expressing inanimate and animate existence: 「ある」「いる」, please clarify any doubts you may have about the grammatical rules by referring to your grammar guidebook or dictionary. The Instantaneous Composition Method requires you to compose sentences with the target sentence pattern(s) over and over in order to use them almost effortlessly. You should already have the necessary knowledge.

Reference: Genki I - Lesson 4: Xがあります/います; Tae Kim's Guide - Existence Verbs

Instantaneous Composition Exercise for Expressing Inanimate and Animate Existence 「ある」「いる」

This is not a translation exercise. This is the Instantaneous Composition Exercise. As if a reflexive action, try to create an equivalent Japanese sentence shortly after reading an English script. Try not to think for more than three seconds.

Natural Speed with Pauses

English and Hidden Japanese Scripts

There is a cat.

猫ねこがいます。

There is a dog.

犬いぬがいます。

There is a textbook.

教きょう科か書しょがあります。

There is a jacket.

上うわ着ぎがあります。

There is a station.

駅えきがあります。

There is not a child.

子こ供どもがいません。

There is not an adult.

大人おとながいません。

There is not a bird.

鳥とりがいません。

There is not a fruit.

果物くだものがありません。

There is not a car.

車くるまがありません。

Instantaneous Composition Exercise for Expressing Inanimate and Animate Existence 「ある」「いる」

English and Hidden Japanese Scripts

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