How to Say ‘Do you have any?’ in Japanese
ありますか。
ari masu ka
[ah-ree mahs ka]
💬 Usage Tip: あります is used for having or there being things, not people or animals, which use います. Add か at the end and it becomes a question.
Phrase Breakdown
あり
ari
[ah-ree]
exist; have
The stem of a polite verb meaning something exists or is available.
サイズがありました。
They had the size.
ます
masu
[mahs]
polite verb ending
A polite ending attached to verbs in formal everyday speech.
ありますは丁寧な言い方です。
Arimasu is a polite way of saying it.
か
ka
[ka]
question marker
Placed at the end of a sentence to make it a question.
これは青ですか。
Is this blue?
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