Episode 24
Review 5 — Existence & Negation
Walk through an apartment using あります, います, ありません, いません, and じゃない — everything from the last three episodes.
N5
No new grammar today. You walk through Yuu's apartment and describe everything in it using what you learned in episodes 21-23.
What You'll Review#
Everything from the existence and negation block:
- あります — non-living things exist
- います — living things exist
- ありません — non-living things don't exist
- いません — living things aren't here
- じゃないです — something is not what you think
- Position words: 上, 下, 中, 横
Apartment Walkthrough#
The episode guides you through Yuu's apartment room by room. For each scene, you hear the English description and produce the Japanese. Here are the key sentences from the walkthrough:
All Existence & Negation Patterns#
| Pattern | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 〜があります | thing exists | 机があります |
| 〜がいます | living thing exists | 猫がいます |
| 〜がありません | thing doesn't exist | テレビがありません |
| 〜がいません | living thing isn't here | 友達がいません |
| 〜です | is ~ | 学生です |
| 〜じゃないです | is not ~ | 学生じゃないです |
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