N에 N이/가 있어요?

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집에 애완동물이 있어요? Is there a pet in your house?

네, 고양이가 있어요. Yes, there is a cat.

고양이가 어때요? How is your cat?

귀여워요. It's cute.

N에 N이/가 있어요?

It is the interrogative form of 'N에 N이/가 있어요.'.

에' is used with a place noun to indicate a location of a person or thing. It is used with the state verb such as '있다 (there is), 없다 (there is not), 많다 (there is a lot), 적다 (there is a little)' or action verb such as '앉다 (sit), 살다 (live), 놓다 (place), 넣다 (put), 쓰다 (write)'.

교실에 학생이 있어요?

Is there a student in the classroom?

서랍에 무엇이 있어요?

What is in the drawer?

집에 피아노가 있어요?

Is there a piano in your house?

Vocabulary

애완동물 a pet

고양이 a cat

귀엽다 to be cute

When the action verb stem or the descriptive verb stem ending in 'ㅂ' is followed by a suffix beginning with a vowel, 'ㅂ' changes to '우' or '오'. (e.g. 춥다-추워요, 맵다-매워요, 반갑다-반가워요, 돕다-도와요, 곱다-고와요)

교실 a classroom

서랍 a drawer

무엇 what (The abbreviation for '무엇' is '뭐'.)

피아노 a piano

Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute

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