Lesson 13. Dummy Subject: Existence in English
One of the characteristics of English complete sentences is the requirement of a subject. However, if the subject is not available in the sentence, ‘there is, there are and it is’ are used to...
Di tag: Existence
Lesson 12. 着 (zhe) for Expressing Existence in Chinese
In the previous lesson, we learn that 有 (yǒu) can be used to express the existence of someone or something in a particular place. You can also use 著 [着] (zhe) to express it....
Lesson 11. 有 (yǒu) for Expressing Existence in Chinese
有 (yǒu) is surely a useful word in Chinese! Besides using it for ‘possession’, we can use it to express ‘there is’ or ‘there are’ – the existence of someone or something in a...
Lesson 10. Expressing Existence ‘Imasu’ and ‘Arimasu’ in Japanese
There are two verbs to express existence in Japanese: Verb (Basic Form) Verb (Polite Form) Meaning Usage Example いる (iru) います (imasu) to be located living things (can move by himself/itself) people, animal ある...
