母(はは) hahaは wa台(だい)所(どころ) daidokoroに niいます imasu。 My mother is in the kitchen. Literal Mother [topic-は] kitchen [at-に] exists-[polite-ます] 台所にいます = 'is in the kitchen.' The existential いる for animate beings in polite form. に marks location. homefamilyexistence (ある/いる)
母(はは) hahaは wa台(だい)所(どころ) daidokoroに niいます imasu。 My mother is in the kitchen. Literal Mother [topic-は] kitchen [at-に] exists-[polite-ます] 台所にいます = 'is in the kitchen.' The existential いる for animate beings in polite form. に marks location. homefamilyexistence (ある/いる)