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