Japanese sentence with the particles ‘wa’, ‘ga’ and the verbs ‘imasu’ or ‘arimasu’

Well, this Japanese lesson will be short but intense. We will also see some examples.

When you use ‘wa’ followed by ‘ga’ and finally the verb ‘arimasu’ or ‘imasu’, this indicates existence or ownership. Easy enough so far? I hope so…

When you refer to an object or animal you can say:
Watashi wa shï dï ga takusan arimasu..

This can be translated in two ways: I have many CDs or there are many CDs.

Analyzing the phrase, we see some new words:

shi di =CD, which is very similar to the English pronunciation ‘Cee Dee’ The Japanese have adapted many words from English into Japanese. Luckily for us

takusan = many

The sentence shows us that ‘wa’ indicates that the topic of the conversation is: watashi (I).

The subject of the sentence is: CD’s.
(Watashi wa) okane ga takusan arimasen.

Okane = Money.

I have no money.

Watashi ni wa tomodachi ga takusan arimasu.
I have many friends.

In the previous sentence, you can use both particles ‘ni wa’ or simply ‘wa’.

Something that is important to know when you are using this kind of sentence with people: this indicates closeness or a relationship; you don’t use it as merely the existence of something.

Sometimes, when using ‘wa’ and ‘ga’ together in the same sentence, you can use ‘arimasu’ or ‘imasu’. In this case, for example, we are talking about friends and we can assume that they are not robots. Still, ‘arimasu’ is used in the sentence here, which is normally only used with inanimate objects.

Anyway, it is better to continue using these particles in the way we are used to; otherwise it would just be too confusing at this moment in time.