Breakdown of bizyutukan ni aru e ha totemo utukusii desu.
はha
topic particle
ですdesu
to be
とてもtotemo
very
にni
location particle
あるaru
to exist
美術館bizyutukan
art museum
絵e
painting
美しいutukusii
beautiful
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Questions & Answers about bizyutukan ni aru e ha totemo utukusii desu.
How do you read the key words 美術館, 絵, and 美しい?
• 美術館 is read びじゅつかん
• 絵 is read え
• 美しい is read うつくしい
What is the function of に in 美術館にある絵?
に marks the location where something exists (with verbs like ある for inanimate objects). Here it tells us where the paintings are located—inside the art museum.
Why can’t we use で instead of に before ある?
で indicates the place where an action happens, but に is used to mark the place of existence with ある/いる. So with ある you need に, not で.
What role does ある play in this sentence?
ある means “to exist” for inanimate things. Here it’s part of a relative clause (美術館にある) that modifies 絵, so “the paintings that exist in the art museum.”
Why isn’t there a particle between ある and 絵?
In Japanese, relative clauses (like “美術館にある”) directly precede the noun they modify (絵) without any extra particle.
Why is は placed after 絵 instead of earlier in the sentence?
The whole phrase 美術館にある絵 is the topic of the sentence. We put は after 絵 to mark “the paintings (in the art museum)” as what we’re talking about.
Why is とても used before 美しい? Are there other options?
とても is an adverb meaning “very,” intensifying the adjective 美しい. Colloquially, you could also use とっても.
Why add です after the i-adjective 美しい?
Adding です at the end makes the sentence polite. 美しい is an i-adjective, and you append です for formal/polite speech.
Could you drop 美術館にある and just say 絵はとても美しいです? What changes?
Yes, you can say 絵はとても美しいです if context makes clear which paintings you mean. Omitting 美術館にある simply removes the specific location detail.