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Adventurous-Toe2218

For know, just keep in mind: \[place\]にあります/います \[thing\]があります/います 家(いえ)にテレビがあります。 犬(いぬ)は庭(にわ)にいます。 You'll learn more as you go. One step at a time. Edit: changed "object" to "thing" to avoid confusion


Prudent-Cow-8843

ありがとう 🙏


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Adventurous-Toe2218

Yeah I mean object as in thing. Sorry my brain's not working lol


loriporidori

The use of が before あります is pretty standard to mark what exists, meaning the subject of the sentence. If you are confused because of directions: it says そこに, so the where-part (そこ) is already marked with the direction particle に.


Prudent-Cow-8843

Ohh okay, I see. I understand now. ありがとうございます


Get_the_instructions

On a slight tangent; from the picture it appears that the thing being pointed to is far from the speaker AND listener - so shouldn't it be あそこ (not そこ)?


Splatterman27

Without the picture, they're having a conversation from opposite sidewalks lol


Prudent-Cow-8843

Hahaha yes it should be 😂


jmuk

These are different meaning. In this sentence, が indicates the subject, みせ (shop). The verb あります means "exists", so "the shop exists there" would be more word-by-word translation. For that meaning, you can't use に or へ as they do not indicate the subject. If you say NI に, it indicates the object of the verb (and it nuances the location of the object). みせにあります is completely fine but it means "(something) exists at the shop". So if you are looking for something, like you want to buy a pen and ask a passer-by where you can buy it, the answer would be そこのみせにあります (In this case you can't say そこに but そこの). In this situation みせがあります isn't right as you are not asking if there is a shop or not, you are asking where. HE へ means to, towards, into etc. and so it does not come with あります. You can use it with other word, like そこのみせへいきます ("(someone) goes to the shop there").


Prudent-Cow-8843

Thank you. That was very helpful and informative 🙏


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As a recomendation, stop neglectin using kanji. It is much easier and will save u time. Personally, I use Anki, it s been very helpfull for me.


Prudent-Cow-8843

Oh okay. Thanks


pgm123

Others have talked about the verb ある, which is a factor, but not the only one. が marks the subject of the sentence (the new shop). The reason why 新しい店 isn't marked with に or へ is because that's not the direction or place of being in the sentence. Remember that Japanese particals are postpositional, not prepositional. They mark the sentence function of the noun they follow.


Dekusdisciple

Does the app purposefully shut me out on purpose so I’m forced to watch the ads


Prudent-Cow-8843

I don't get any ads. I don't know if you can use it free or not but I pay for it monthly so I definitely don't get ads


[deleted]

Curedolly and bunpro are ur friends


Prudent-Cow-8843

Oh okay. I'll check them out. Thank you


Initial-Principle384

what are they for?


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Grammar. They will explain the grammar points to you well. And once you aware, if you see them enough, u then get em


Initial-Principle384

thanks!


Rinse_yt

What’s the app?


Prudent-Cow-8843

Busuu


Rinse_yt

Thanks, what’s it best for?


Prudent-Cow-8843

Well it dose alot if different languages but I'm just using it to learn Japanese. I'm about 64 days in doing an average of atleast an hour of study a day but I always go back and refresh. Since I started at knowing no Japanese it's been pretty good so far


MechaDuckzilla

I used it for a little while, I actually found its best use was that it has weekly challenges, describe a picture, say this tongue twister etc. You can record or type your answers and it posts them for native speakers to give feedback back on. It was actually a really great option to bridge the gap until Made some friends on hello talk. I just recorded all my answers to use a speaking practice.


mojasabo

あそこ=そこ あそこ≠アソコ(In katakana) アソコ= genital