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    ニューギニア
とう
島
には、おおがた
大型
のにくしょくじゅう
肉食獣
がいなかったためです。
    
    
      That's because there weren't any large carnivores in New Guinea.
      
    
    
  
Grammar and points of interest
      
        がいる / がいます and がある / があります
        がいる / がいます and がある / があります
    
 
    there is, existence; possession
    ニューギニア島には、大型の肉食獣がいなかったためです。
      
  Conjugations and inflections
      Words
    
    
'na' adjective, noun, 'no' adjective
large; large scale; big; jumbo  (see also: 小型)(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
      ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
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