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있어요 location particles
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Existence location takes 에: 학교에 있어요 / 집에 없어요.
에서 marks where an action happens: 학교에서 공부해요: not the default for simple presence.
Possession also uses 있다/없다: 시간이 있어요, 돈이 없어요 (thing + 이/가).
Train two frames: place+에+있어요 and thing+이/가+있어요.
Examples
지금 집에 있어요.
I’m at home now.
지갑이 없어요.
I don’t have a wallet. / There is no wallet.
카페에서 일해요.
I work at a café. (action location)
Common mistakes
- 학교에서 있어요 for “I’m at school.”
- Marking possession with 을/를 + 있다.
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