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INTRODUCTION
Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric.
Risa: And I'm Risa.
Eric: And welcome to Must-Know Japanese Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 7. Talking About Belongings.
Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for Talking About Belongings.
PATTERN
Eric: For example,
Eric: "I have time."
Risa: 時間があります。 (Jikan ga arimasu.)
Risa: [slow] 時間があります。 (Jikan ga arimasu.)
Eric: The pattern for Talking About Belongings has 3 elements. First, time.
Risa: 時間 (Jikan).
Eric: Second, a subject marking particle that is used when introducing a subject in a sentence for the first time.
Risa: が (ga).
Eric: Third, a verb for an inanimate object, in this case, "to have" .
Risa: あります (arimasu).
Eric: Altogether, we have.. "I have time."
Risa: 時間があります。 (Jikan ga arimasu.) [slow] 時間があります。 (Jikan ga arimasu.) [normal] 時間があります。 (Jikan ga arimasu.)
Eric: To say “I have [something].” (literally, something you have) in Japanese. The subject, in this case “time”
Risa: 時間 (jikan)
Eric: comes first; [something] is followed by the subject marking particle
Risa: が (ga)
Eric: then the verb
Risa: あります (arimasu)
Risa: 時間があります。 (Jikan ga arimasu.)
Eric: So remember that to say you have something, first state the [something] you have, then the subject marking particle
Risa: が (ga)
Eric: and the verb
Risa: あります (arimasu)
Eric: at the end.
Eric: Here is another example meaning, "I have an appointment." First, appointment.
Risa: 約束 (Yakusoku)
Eric: Second, a subject marking particle, (used when introducing subject in a sentence for the first time).
Risa: が (ga)
Eric: Third, a verb for an inanimate object, in this case, "to have" .
Risa: あります (arimasu)
Eric: Altogether we have..
Risa: 約束があります。 (Yakusoku ga arimasu.) [slow] 約束があります。 (Yakusoku ga arimasu.) [normal] 約束があります。 (Yakusoku ga arimasu.)
Eric: "I have an appointment."
[pause]
Risa: 約束があります。 (Yakusoku ga arimasu.)
Eric: How do you say - "I have a favor to ask"? To give you a hint, "favor" is..
Risa: お願い (o-negai). [slow] お願い (o-negai). [normal] お願い (o-negai).
Eric: "I have a favor to ask."
[pause]
Risa: お願いがあります。 (O-negai ga arimasu.) [slow] お願いがあります。 (O-negai ga arimasu.) [normal] お願いがあります。 (O-negai ga arimasu.)
[pause]
Risa: お願いがあります。 (O-negai ga arimasu.)
REVIEW
Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I will give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in Japanese. Here we go.
Eric: "I have time."
[pause]
Risa: 時間があります。 (Jikan ga arimasu.)
[pause]
Risa: 時間があります。 (Jikan ga arimasu.)
Eric: "I have an appointment."
[pause]
Risa: 約束があります。 (Yakusoku ga arimasu.)
[pause]
Risa: 約束があります。 (Yakusoku ga arimasu.)
Eric: "I have a favor to ask."
[pause]
Risa: お願いがあります。 (O-negai ga arimasu.)
[pause]
Risa: お願いがあります。 (O-negai ga arimasu.)

Outro

Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for Talking About Belongings, as in..
Risa: 時間があります。 (Jikan ga arimasu.)
Eric: meaning "I have time."
Eric: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on JapanesePod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time!
Risa: じゃ、また。(Ja, mata.)

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