N에 N이/가 없어요.
It is the negation of ‘N에 N이/가 있어요.’.
에’ is used with a place noun to indicate a location of a person or thing. It is used with the state verb such as ‘있다 (there is), 없다 (there is not), 많다 (there is a lot), 적다 (there is a little)’ or action verbs such as ‘앉다 (sit), 살다 (live), 놓다 (place), 넣다 (put), 쓰다 (write)’.
집에 제 동생이 없어요.
My younger brother isn’t in the house.
화장실에 휴지가 없어요.
There is no toilet paper in the bathroom.
공원에 쓰레기가 없어요.
There is no trash in the park.
Conversation:
집에 베란다가 있어요? Is there a veranda in your house?
네, 있어요. Yes, there is.
베란다에 의자가 있어요?Is there a chair on the veranda?
아니요, 베란다에 의자가 없어요. No, there is no chair on the veranda.
Vocabulary
베란다 a veranda
의자 a chair
휴지 toilet paper
쓰레기 trash
