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12-03-2007, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by lucagalbu View Post
so, generally speaking, if I have to say "there are 3 cats" I say 猫が三匹ある in casual speech and  三匹の猫がある in a formal way?
Sort of. Cats are alive. They`re not ある, they`re いる.

I don`t really think that omitting the が necessarily makes it informal. I hear it used in that way quite often in (semi)formal speech. 「猫三匹いましたね」 「先生5人に聞きました」 etc


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