Lesson 10: Have, Don’t Have, There Is, There Isn’t Flashcards
있어요
have/exist/be (present tense)
없어요
don’t have/don’t (or doesn’t) exist/not (or don’t) be
*Present tense
있다
to be/to have/to exist (verb)
없다
to not exist/to not have/to not be (verb)
How do you structure sentences when using 있어요 or 없어요?
Noun + 있어요/없어요
물 있어요
I have water/there is water/water exists
물 있어요?
Do you have water?/Is there water?
친구 있어요
I have friends
친구 있어요?
Do you have friends?
시간 있어요
I have time/There is time
시간 있어요?
Is there time?/Do you have time?
물 없어요
I don’t have water/There’s no water
친구 없어요
I don’t have friends
시간 없어요
There’s no time/I don’t have time
Why should you not say 시간은 있어요?
Because it makes people think you have nothing but time but you don’t wanna spend it with them
What should you say instead of 시간은 있어요?
시간 있어요
True or False: It is acceptable to say both 시간은 없어요 (I have other things, but time is not what I have) and 시간 없어요 (I don’t have time)
True
On the subject of time, how do you respond if someone asks you “What is it that you don’t have?”
시간이 없어요 (TIME is what I don’t have)
재미
fun/interesting
재미있어요
It’s fun/It’s interesting
우산
umbrella
거예요
is/that is
한국 친구 있어요?
Do you have Korean friends?
이다
to be (verb)
*Similar to 있다
What is the Korean verb 이다 in the present tense?
이에요 and 예요
What is the Korean verb 이다 in the past tense?
이었어요 and 였어요
What’s the difference between 이었어요 and 였어요?
이었어요 is used after a word that ends in a consonant and 였어요 is used after a word that ends in a vowel
What is the Korean verb 있다 in the past tense?
있었어요
있었어요
had/there was
