uekibachi ni hachizokoana ga aru.

The plant pot has a drainage hole.

Breakdown of uekibachi ni hachizokoana ga aru.

• が: subject particle
• に: location particle
• ある: to exist/have
• 植木鉢うえきばち: a plant pot

Questions & Answers about uekibachi ni hachizokoana ga aru.

How do you read this sentence?

A natural reading is:

うえきばち に はちぞこあな が ある。

Breakdown:

• 植木鉢 = うえきばち
• 鉢底穴 = はちぞこあな
• ある = ある

In normal Japanese writing, spaces are usually not used, so you would normally see:

植木鉢に鉢底穴がある。

What is the basic grammar pattern here?

This sentence follows the very common pattern:

Place に Thing が ある

It means there is / exists a thing in a place.

So here:

• 植木鉢に = in the flowerpot / on the flowerpot
• 鉢底穴が = a drainage hole / a hole at the bottom of the pot
• ある = exists / there is

This pattern is one of the most important ways Japanese expresses existence for inanimate things.

Why is に used after 植木鉢?