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어디에 있어요?

있어요 / 없어요, location words and 에

있다 means both "to be (somewhere)" and "to have". 없다 is its opposite.

  • 책이 있어요. — There is a book. / I have a book.
  • 시간이 없어요. — I don't have time.

Location: noun + 에 있어요

에 marks where something is: 화장실이 어디*에 있어요?* — Where is the bathroom?

Position words come after the reference noun, then 에: 책상 위에 — on the desk, 집 앞에 — in front of the house.

위 on, above
아래 / 밑 under
앞 in front
뒤 behind
옆 next to
안 inside
밖 outside
사이 between
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