How to Say ‘There is a parking lot’ in Japanese
駐車場がございます
chuusha jou ga gozai masu
[choo-SHAH joh ga goh-zah-ee mahss]
💬 Usage Tip: ございます is the extra-polite form of あります "there is". Staff use it about their own business, so expect to hear it rather than say it yourself.
Phrase Breakdown
駐車場が
chuusha jou ga
a parking lot (subject)
駐車場 'chuu-sha-joo' + が (ga), which marks the subject. Keep both long vowels.
駐車場が満車です。
The parking lot is full.
Words in this phrase
駐車
chuusha
[choo-SHAH]
parking (a car)
Noun meaning parking a vehicle; often seen in 駐車場 (parking lot).
駐車禁止です。
No parking.
場
jou
[joh]
place; area
Suffix meaning a place for something; 駐車場 is a parking lot.
駐車場はどこですか。
Where is the parking lot?
が
ga
[ga]
subject marker
A particle marking the subject of the sentence.
興味がある分野を教えてください。
Please tell me the field you are interested in.
ございます
gozai masu
there is (very polite)
This is the humble, polite form of あります. Say 'go-za-i-mas'.
お水がございます。
We have water.
Words in this phrase
ござい
gozai
[goh-zah-ee]
to be; to exist (polite part of expression)
A polite verb stem used in set phrases like greetings to sound respectful.
あいさつでは、ございをていねいに言います。
In greetings, you say gozai politely.
ます
masu
[mahss]
polite ending
A polite ending attached to verbs in formal speech.
まだありますか。
Are there still some available?
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