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有ある (aru)

to be,to have (used for inanimate objects)

  • JLPT N5
  • Godan verb
  • Pitch 1
  • #1955 most frequent

Meaning

ある (aru) is a JLPT N5 verb meaning “to be,to have (used for inanimate objects)”.

Example sentences 11

私わたしの机つくえの上うえに書類しょるいがたくさん有あります。

There are a lot of documents on my desk.

熱ねつはあるの?

Do you have a fever?

給食きゅうしょくはあるの。

Do you have school lunch?

痔じがあります。

I have hemorrhoids.

Conjugation table

ある is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionaryあるaru
Negativeないnai
Pastあったatta
Past negativeなかったnakatta
Polite (ます)ありますarimasu
Polite negativeありませんarimasen
Polite pastありましたarimashita
Polite past negativeありませんでしたarimasendeshita
Te-formあってatte
Conditional (ば)あればareba
Conditional (たら)あったらattara

ある is irregular: its negative is ない (not あらない), and forms like the potential or imperative are not used.

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