kopiiki no tikaku ni atarasii kopiiyousi ga oite arimasu

近く is a noun-like word meaning nearby area / vicinity.
So コピー機の近く literally means the vicinity of the copier.

The particle の links nouns, kind of like of in English:

• コピー機 = copy machine / copier
• 近く = nearby area
• コピー機の近く = the area near the copier

This is a very common pattern:

• 駅の近く = near the station
• 家の近く = near the house

So の is not showing possession here in the narrow English sense; it is just connecting one noun to another.

Here, に marks the location where something exists or has been placed.

So:

• コピー機の近くに = near the copier
• 新しいコピー用紙が置いてあります = new copy paper has been placed / there is new copy paper placed

With verbs like ある, いる, and expressions like 置いてある, に often marks the place where something is.

Compare:

• 机の上に本があります = There is a book on the desk.
• コピー機の近くに新しいコピー用紙が置いてあります = New copy paper has been placed near the copier.

が marks what exists / what is being identified in the sentence.

Here, the sentence is presenting the thing that is there:

• 新しいコピー用紙が置いてあります
• There is new copy paper placed there

Using が sounds natural when introducing or pointing out something in a location.

If you used は, the nuance would change. は would make copy paper the topic, often implying contrast or discussing it as a known topic:

• 新しいコピー用紙は置いてあります = As for the new copy paper, it has been placed there.

That is possible in the right context, but が is the most natural default here.

In Japanese, adjectives normally come before the noun they modify.

So:

• 新しいコピー用紙 = new copy paper

This works just like:

• 大きい家 = big house
• 古い本 = old book

Japanese does not need a word like that is here. You simply put the adjective before the noun.

コピー用紙 means copy paper or paper for the copier/printer.

It is made from:

• コピー = copy
• 用紙 = paper/form/sheets for a particular use

So コピー用紙 is more specific than 紙:

• 紙 = paper in general
• コピー用紙 = copy paper

A learner might think it means copying paper word-for-word, but in natural English it is just copy paper.

This is an important nuance.

• あります simply means there is / exists
• 置いてあります means has been placed / is set there, with the result still remaining

So:

• コピー機の近くに新しいコピー用紙があります = There is new copy paper near the copier.
• コピー機の近くに新しいコピー用紙が置いてあります = New copy paper has been placed near the copier.

The second version suggests that someone intentionally put it there.

～てあります expresses the resulting state of an intentional action.

Here:

• 置く = to place
• 置いてあります = has been placed and is there now

So the sentence is not only about existence. It suggests:

1. someone intentionally placed the paper there, and
2. it remains there now

This pattern is very common:

• ドアが閉めてあります = The door has been shut.
• 名前が書いてあります = The name is written there.

It often corresponds to English expressions like:

• is placed
• has been put
• is left there
• is written

depending on context.

This is a very common question.

• 置いています can describe an action in progress or a habitual/resulting state depending on context.
• 置いてあります specifically emphasizes that something was intentionally placed there and remains there.

Compare:

• 本が机の上に置いてあります = The book has been placed on the desk.
  (focus on the result of someone putting it there)

• 本を机の上に置いています = I am placing / I keep / I have placed the book on the desk.
  (depends on context, but it relates more directly to the action or subject)

For inanimate objects in this kind of sentence, ～てあります is often the most natural way to express has been put there.

Not exactly.

It may look similar in meaning to English is placed, but grammatically it is not the Japanese passive.

This sentence uses:

• 置く → 置いてある

The actual passive of 置く is:

• 置かれる

So:

• 置いてあります = has been placed / is left there
  (result of an intentional action)
• 置かれています = is being placed / is placed
  (passive/result-state, depending on context)

In many real situations, both can be translated similarly, but the grammar and nuance are different.

The sentence is structured like this:

• コピー機の近くに = location
• 新しいコピー用紙が = thing being identified
• 置いてあります = predicate

Japanese often puts the location first, especially when saying where something is.

So this order is very natural:

• [place] に [thing] が あります
• [place] に [thing] が 置いてあります

You can sometimes change the order, but this version is the clearest and most natural in ordinary speech and writing.

Japanese uses:

• ある / あります for non-living things
• いる / います for living things

Since コピー用紙 is an object, Japanese uses あります.

Examples:

• 猫がいます = There is a cat.
• 本があります = There is a book.

So 置いてあります is correct because the thing being placed is not alive.

Japanese is basically a verb-final language.
The main predicate usually comes at the end of the sentence.

So even though English says:

• New copy paper has been placed near the copier

Japanese naturally says:

• Near the copier, new copy paper has been placed

with the verb phrase 置いてあります at the end.

This is one of the biggest word-order differences between English and Japanese.

No. In normal Japanese writing, it would usually be written without spaces:

コピー機の近くに新しいコピー用紙が置いてあります。

The spaces in your example are likely included just to make it easier for learners to see the parts of the sentence.

In this sentence, 近く behaves like a noun meaning nearby area or vicinity.

That is why it can be used with:

• の: 駅の近く
• に: 駅の近くに

But in other contexts, 近く can also behave more adverbially, depending on the expression. For beginners, the most helpful way to understand this sentence is:

• 近く = a noun-like word meaning the area near...

Yes, that is often a perfectly natural translation.

But the Japanese has a bit more nuance because of 置いてあります. It suggests:

• the paper did not just happen to be there;
• someone put it there intentionally.

So depending on how precise you want to be, you could translate it as:

• There is new copy paper near the copier.
• New copy paper has been placed near the copier.
• Some new copy paper has been set near the copier.

All of these can work, but has been placed captures the grammar most closely.