Korean grammar · Level 1 · 1급
N이/가 있어요 / 없어요
There is, there isn't — have, don't have
있어요 means “there is” or “I have”; 없어요 means “there isn't” or “I don't have”. The thing takes 이/가. To ask “what is there?”, say 뭐가 있어요?
Examples
연필이 있어요.
There's a pencil. / I have a pencil.
우산이 없어요.
I don't have an umbrella.
뭐가 있어요?
What is there? / What do you have?
Practise it in context · Level 1, Unit 2
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A dialogue with audio, practice that checks itself, Hoya’s mistakes, a reading and a writing task.
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