Japanese Language is FUN! - Lesson 10.2

Continue from Lesson 10.1, we are still learning on has/have; but in this chapter we focus more on place/location/direction; with additional "ni"

PLACE/DIRECTION ni OBJECT ga arimasu

One item

Robi ni jidou hanbaiki ga arimasu... Lobby has vending machine

Two items

Kouen ni ki to hana ga arimasu... Park has tree and flower

More items

Reizouko ni sakana ya niku ya yasui nado ga arimasu... Fridge has fish, meat, vegetables and etc

PLACE no LOCATION ni OBJECT ga arimasu

Konbiki no naka ni ATM ga arimasu... Inside convenience store has an ATM machine

or

OBJECT wa PLACE no LOCATION ni arimasu

ATM wa konbiki no naka ni arimasu... ATM machine is inside the convenience store

----- Let's have some practice -----

Teberu no ue ni o-kane ga arimasu... On the table, there is money

O-kane wa teberu no ue ni arimasu... Money is on the table

Hon no shita ni syashin ga arimasu... Under the book, there is photo

Syashin wa hon no shita ni arimasu... Photo is below the book

Hako no naka ni hasami ga arimasu... Inside the box, there's a scissors

Hasami wa hako no naka ni arimasu... Scissors is inside the box

Uchi no soto ni niwa ga arimasu... Outside house, there's a garden

Niwa wa uchi no soto ni arimasu... Garden is outside the house

Doa no migi ni beddo ga arimasu... Right of the door, there's a bed

Beddo wa doa no migi ni arimasu... Bed is on the right of the door

Mado no hidari ni hon tana ga arimasu... Left of the window, there's a bookshelf

Hon tana wa mado no hidari ni arimasu... Bookshelf is on the left of the window

Ginko no mae ni hon ya ga arimasu...In front of the bank, there's a bookstore

Hon ya wa ginko no mae ni arimasu... Bookstore is in front of the bank

Mise no ushiro ni ike ga arimasu... Behind the small shop, there's a lake

Ike wa mise no ushiro ni arimasu... Lake is behind the small shop

Konpyu-ta- to raji-o no aida ni hocchikisu ga arimasu... In between of computer and radio, there's a stapler

Hocchikisu wa konpyu-ta- to raji-o no aida ni arimasu... Stapler is in between of computer and radio

Doa no tonari ni mado ga arimasu... Next to the door, there's a window

Mado wa doa no tonari ni arimasu... Window is next to the door

Eki no chikaku ni depa-to ga arimasu...Nearby station, there's department store

Depa-to wa eki no chikaku ni arimasu... Department store is near to the station