N에 N이/가 있어요?
It is the interrogative form 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)’.
교실에 학생이 있어요?
Is there a student in the classroom?
서랍에 무엇이 있어요?
What is in the drawer?
집에 피아노가 있어요?
Is there a piano in your house?
Conversation:
집에 애완동물이 있어요? Is there a pet in your house?
네, 고양이가 있어요. Yes, there is a cat.
고양이가 어때요? How is your cat?
귀여워요. It’s cute.
Vocabulary
애완동물 a pet
고양이 a cat
귀엽다 to be cute
When the action verb stem or the descriptive verb stem ending in ‘ㅂ’ is followed by a suffix beginning with a vowel, ‘ㅂ’ changes to ‘우’ or ‘오’. (e.g. 춥다-추워요, 맵다-매워요, 반갑다-반가워요, 돕다-도와요, 곱다-고와요)
교실 a classroom
서랍 a drawer
무엇 what (The abbreviation for ‘무엇’ is ‘뭐’.)
피아노 a piano