Learn Japanese: chika ni shitai ga aru. - There's a dead body in the basement.

地ち下か　に　死し体たい　が　ある。chika ni shitai ga aru.

There's a dead body in the basement.

From Lesson 303:Vocabulary expansion 37·Japanese

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Breakdown of chika ni shitai ga aru.

がga

subject particle

あるaru

to exist; to have; (used for non-living entities)

にni

at; on; in; to; for [indirect object particle]

地ち下かchika

basement; underground

死し体たいshitai

dead body; corpse

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