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What is the difference between 猫がいます and 猫はいます ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 猫がいます and 猫はいます ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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私の家には猫がいます。(猫を飼っている)
I have cat.
そこに猫はいます。(猫が存在している)
Cat is there.
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When you say 「Aが---」, the focus is on ---, the predicator.
When you say 「Aは---」, the focus is on A, the word before the は.
So,
「猫がいます」means THERE IS / I HAVE a cat.
「猫はいます」means Regarding cats, (there is one. etc.) or I have / There is a CAT.
For example,
Q: ペットはいますか。Do you have ANY PETS?
A: ええ。猫がいます。Yes.I HAVE a cat. OK
B: ええ。猫はいます。Yes. I have A CAT. Strange (The listener would expect B to say "But...)
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