This thread is for grammar questions that are too short to create a new topic for them. We used to have a thread like this but it’s been archived. If your question is more comlplex, maybe do make a new thread. I’ll start: I know that in Japanese, 行く and 来る are from the perspective of the speaker, …

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That’s right, ある is the “existence verb” for inanimate things, いる is the “existence verb” for animate things. There are some cases however where something seemingly inanimate is referred to as いる, such as with taxis, cars or buses, but that’s because you’re kind of referring to the driver/people in…

Awesome explanation, thanks, now it’s all clear

[image] yamitenshi: That’s right, ある is the “existence verb” for inanimate things, いる is the “existence verb” for animate things. Another question - is aru used in the same way as iru when in a present continuous form? For example, if I say that the dog is eating I could say いぬはたべている But le…

いる is used for present continuous, regardless of whether something is animate or not. てある is actually a totally different grammar point which means “something is in the state of [verb] because of the actions of someone”. For instance まどがあいている “the window is open” (no nuance about why it’s open) …

[image] Leebo: まどがあけてある “the window is open” (with the nuance that someone purposely opened it) Very clear, thanks, I just did the negative and trying to get used to it’s forms with verbs and adjectives. i only studied the present, past and -te form till now, no other things. Do you know any…

[image] Don's Japanese Conjugation Drill Grammar I’ve made a conjugation drill for those that want to practice conjugations for verbs, い adjectives and な adjectives. “Oh, another one?” you may ask… Hang on because this one is a bit different than your average exercise dr…

[image] mariodesu: But let’s say that the action is being made by an inanimate object, let’s say エレベーターは行って( いる / ある ) Quick note that tenses with motion verbs like 来る and 行く work a little differently and if you wanted to say that “the elevator is coming” that would be エレベーターが来る. Also, 行く is …

[image] WeebPotato: if you wanted to say that “the elevator is coming” I meant ‘the elevator is moving’ as we say in italian to specify that the elevator is not still and it’s just going up or down in a certain situation but you can ignore this, it was the only example I could make with my li…

Don's Japanese Conjugation Drill I’ve made a conjugation drill for those that want to practice conjugations for verbs, い adjectives and な adjectives. “Oh, another one?” you may ask… Hang on because this one is a bit different than your average exercise drill. Often I found that drills would focu…

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