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There is, there is not, I have

있어요 / 없어요

A0 · Starter Verbs and time Questions 10

The rule

One verb covers "there is" and "I have": 시간이 있어요 is both "there is time" and "I have time". Its opposite is not 안 있어요 — Korean has a separate verb, 없어요, and that is the only way to say it. What exists takes 이 or 가, never 을/를.

Pattern

명사 + 이/가 있어요 · 명사 + 이/가 없어요

Examples

  1. 시간이 있어요?

    Do you have time?

  2. 오늘은 수업이 없어요.

    There is no class today.

  3. 가방 안에 지갑이 있어요.

    The wallet is in the bag.

Keep in mind

  • 있어요

    there is / I have

  • 없어요

    there is not — never 안 있어요

Practice questions

Try each one yourself first, then open “Show answer” for the solution and the reason.

  1. 1Choose the correct sentence.

    Which form is right?

    오늘은 시간이 _____. 미안해요.

    1. 안 있어요
    2. 아니에요
    3. 몰라요
    4. 없어요
    Show answer

    Answer: D 없어요

    Absence has its own verb.

  2. 2Choose the correct sentence.

    Which particle?

    질문_____ 있어요.

    1. 을
    2. 가
    3. 를
    4. 이
    Show answer

    Answer: D 이

    질문 ends in ㄴ.

  3. 3Choose the correct sentence.

    Which particle?

    우산_____ 없어요.

    1. 가
    2. 을
    3. 이
    4. 는
    Show answer

    Answer: C 이

    우산 ends in ㄴ.

  4. 4Choose the correct sentence.

    Which particle?

    커피_____ 있어요?

    1. 가
    2. 이
    3. 를
    4. 에
    Show answer

    Answer: A 가

    커피 ends in a vowel.

  5. 5This sentence is wrong. Choose the fix.

    Which sentence is correct?

    —

    1. 저는 자동차가 없어요.
    2. 저는 자동차를 없어요.
    3. 저는 자동차가 아니에요.
    4. 저는 자동차가 안 있어요.
    Show answer

    Answer: A 저는 자동차가 없어요.

    What you do not have takes 이/가.

  6. 6This sentence is wrong. Choose the fix.

    Which sentence is correct?

    —

    1. 화장실을 삼 층에 있어요.
    2. 화장실이 삼 층에서 있어요.
    3. 화장실이 삼 층에 있어요.
    4. 화장실이 삼 층로 있어요.
    Show answer

    Answer: C 화장실이 삼 층에 있어요.

    Being somewhere takes 에.

  7. 7Fill in the gap.

    Which form is right?

    냉장고에 우유가 _____. 마셔도 돼요.

    1. 없어요
    2. 있어요
    3. 몰라요
    4. 아니에요
    Show answer

    Answer: B 냉장고에 우유가 있어요. 마셔도 돼요.

    You may drink it, so it exists.

  8. 8Fill in the gap.

    Which form is right?

    지금 돈이 _____. 카드로 낼게요.

    1. 해요
    2. 있어요
    3. 아니에요
    4. 없어요
    Show answer

    Answer: D 지금 돈이 없어요. 카드로 낼게요.

    Paying by card explains the absence.

  9. 9Put the words in the right order.

    Build the sentence.

    있어요? 시간이 오늘

    Show answer

    Answer: 오늘 시간이 있어요?

  10. 10Put the words in the right order.

    Build the sentence.

    수업이 오늘은 없어요.

    Show answer

    Answer: 오늘은 수업이 없어요.

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