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ある

to exist

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Conjugation of ある

This verb refers to inanimate objects and it means "exist", "be". It can also mean "have" in the sense that "some things exists with/by/at somebody", i.e. "somebody has something".
私/俺
Present informal tense
ある
aru
I exist
Present informal negative tense
無い
nai
I do not exist
Present formal tense
有ります
arimasu
I exist
Present formal negative tense
有りません
arimasen
I exist
私/俺
Past informal tense
有った
atta
I existed
Past formal tense
有りました
arimashita
I did exist
Past formal negative tense
有りませんでした
arimasen deshita
I did not exist
Imperative informal mood
有れ
are
exist
私/俺
Imperative negative mood
あるな
aru na
don't exist
Imperative formal mood
有ってください
atte kudasai
please exist
Imperative formal negative mood
無いでください
nai dekudasai
please do not exist
Te form - conjunctive stem
有って
atte
exist
私/俺
Passive stem
有られる
arareru
existed
Hypothetical tense
有れ
are
I existed
Hypothetical conditional stem
有れば
areba
existed
Volitional stem
有ろう
arō
will exist
私/俺
Potential stem
有れる
areru
existed
Continuative stem
有り
ari
existing
Causative stem
有らせる
araseru
allow to exist
Imperfective stem
有ら
ara
exist
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Examples of ある

ある... 不幸な事だ

Something unfortunate.

予備のヘアピンを? あります

- You don't have any spare hairpins, do you?

残念ながら 無い

Unfortunately, no.

何も言うことは 無い

I don't have to to tell you anything.

見せたいものが 有ります

There is something I'd like to show you.

あんな事が起こった後では... 変に聞こえるでしょうが、有ります

After all that's happened-- it sounds strange, I know

見せたいものが 有ります きっと 見たいはずよ

There is something I'd like to show you.

確かに 有った

There had to be.

何だ あれ 誰か聞いてるか?

What is that? Answer me.

シャンデリアとか あって。 あの シャンデリアね

It even has a chandelier.

でも あれば... 別の道に向かっていたと 思うから

But if we did I think that you and I would want to do different things with it.

あり、経済部で直して欲しいと。

There might be a typo or two in my reports,

あら 忘れかけていた

Oh, I'd nearly forgotten.

なく したら困るわ

That's pretty risky. I mean, what would you do if you lost it?

- 他の入り口 有る?

- Do you have another entrance?

彼が恋のライバルなのか 尋ねたことも 無く

I hadn't asked him to see if he'd be a match.