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GrammarBook N5: Aは Bに あります / います (Location Sentence)

  • 08 Jan, 2026
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N5-G-019

Aは Bに あります / います (Location)

Core / Sentence Pattern

👀 Layer A: Visual Guide (直感理解)

📝 Quick Summary (まとめ)

人や物が「どこにあるか」を説明する文です。「は」でトピックを決めて、「に」で場所を指定します。
Use this pattern to describe the specific location of an item or person. “WA” marks the item, and “NI” marks the location.

Structure: [Item] は [Place] に [Arimasu / Imasu].
(Item is AT Place.)

🔗 Connected Grammar (関連文法):

  • N5-G-018: あります / います (Existence)
  • N5-G-007: は (Topic Marker)
  • N5-G-010: に (Particle)

🔍 Layer B: Deepening (深掘り)

💡 Raya’s Hack (攻略法)

順番(じゅんばん)が大事!
① 何の話? (Topic) → WA (は)
② どこ? (Where) → NI (に)
「猫は 部屋に います。」
逆にすると、「部屋は猫にいます (The room is inside the cat)」になって変だよ!

Order matters! First, say WHAT you are talking about (WA). Then say WHERE it is (NI). Don’t swap them, or the meaning becomes weird!

🚧 Joy’s Mistake (よくある間違い)

Scene: Joy wants to say “Ken is at school”.

Joy: 「学校は ケンさんに います。」
(Gakkou wa Ken-san ni imasu.)

❌ Wrong!

Why?

これだと「学校が、ケンさんの中にいる」という意味になります!
「ケンさんは (Topic) 学校に (Location) います」が正解です。

This sentence says “The school is inside Ken”! The Topic (Ken) must come first with WA. The Location (School) comes second with NI.

🔥 Layer C: Practice Loop

Now it’s time to test your learning through the next 10 practice drills!

Level 1: Basic Structure

Q1. Pen / Desk / Arimasu (The pen is on the desk)
答え: ペンは 机(つくえ)に あります。

(Pen wa tsukue ni arimasu.)

Q2. Ken / School / Imasu (Ken is at school)
答え: ケンさんは 学校に います。

(Ken-san wa gakkou ni imasu.)

Q3. Cat / Chair / Imasu (The cat is on the chair)
答え: 猫(ねこ)は いすに います。

(Neko wa isu ni imasu.)

Q4. Car / Outside / Arimasu (The car is outside)
答え: 車(くるま)は 外(そと)に あります。

(Kuruma wa soto ni arimasu.)

Q5. Bag / Where / Arimasu ka (Where is the bag?)
答え: かばんは どこに ありますか?

(Kaban wa doko ni arimasu ka?)

Level 2: Advanced (Direction Words)

Q6. Translate: “The bank is next to the post office.” (Tonari)
答え: 銀行(ぎんこう)は 郵便局(ゆうびんきょく)の 隣(となり)に あります。

(Ginkou wa yuubinkyoku no tonari ni arimasu.)

Q7. Translate: “I am in front of the station.” (Mae)
答え: 私(わたし)は 駅(えき)の 前(まえ)に います。

(Watashi wa eki no mae ni imasu.)

Q8. Translate: “There is a phone inside the bag.” (Naka)
答え: スマホは かばんの 中(なか)に あります。

(Sumaho wa kaban no naka ni arimasu.)

Q9. Translate: “The teacher is outside.” (Soto)
答え: 先生(せんせい)は 外(そと)に います。

(Sensei wa soto ni imasu.)

Q10. Translate: “Where is the toilet?”
答え: トイレは どこに ありますか?

(Toire wa doko ni arimasu ka?)

Related posts:

GrammarBook N5 : AはBです (A is B) GrammarBook N5: The Particle は (topic marker) GrammarBook N5: The Particle も (also) GrammarBook N5: Japanese Verb groups (u/ru/irregular)
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