Level 1 Lesson 10

Question 1

있어요

Answer 1

comes from the verb 있다, which expresses that something “exists”.

Question 2

없어요

Answer 2

is the opposite of 있어요, and it comes from the verb 없다

Question 3

물 있어요.

Answer 3

There is water. / Water exists. / I have water. / They have water.

Question 4

물 있어요?

Answer 4

Is there water? / Do you have water? / Do they have water?

Question 5

친구 있어요.

Answer 5

I have friends. / I have a friend. / There are friends.

Question 6

친구 있어요?

Answer 6

Do you have friends? / Do they have friends?

Question 7

시간 있어요.

Answer 7

There is time. / I have time. / They have time.

Question 8

시간 있어요?

Answer 8

Is there time? / Do you have time? / Do they have time?

Question 9

물 없어요.

Answer 9

There is no water. / I do not have water. / They do not have water.

Question 10

친구 없어요.

Answer 10

I do not have friends.

Question 11

시간 없어요.

Answer 11

There is no time. / I do not have time. / We do not have time.

Question 12

시간은 있어요

Answer 12

people may think you have nothing but time, meaning that you have no other resources, or that you have time but you do not want to spend any of that time with them.

Question 13

시간 없어요

Answer 13

means “I do not have time” in the most neutral sense. However, if you want to say “I have other things, but TIME is not what I have”, you can simply add -은 to the end of 시간, and the phrase becomes “시간은 없어요.”

Question 14

시간이 없어요

Answer 14

If someone asks you “What is it that you don’t have?” or “What are you saying that you don’t
have?”, you can answer by saying “시간이 없어요”, which means “TIME is what I don’t have.”

Question 15

재미

Answer 15

fun

Question 16

재미있어요

Answer 16

재미 + 있어요 = 재미있어요

This literally means “fun exists”, but it means “it is interesting”.