Not allowed to have pets at my house

[lillo80]

Hi everybody!
Just a quick question. If I want to say that I'm not allowed to have pets in my apartment using the basic structure 〜てはいけません, would the following sentence be correct or not?

私のアパートにペットがいてはいけません。

In other words, can the structure something/someoneがある／いる
be combined with 〜てはいけません to express this idea?

ありがとうございます！！
--Gabriele

[hatch_jp]

at the first brush, "have a ～(animal)" is "～を飼（か）う" in Japanese.
飼（か）う ＝ u-verb

have a pet : ペットを飼（か）う
keep a bird as a pet : ペットとして鳥（とり）を飼（か）う
I have two cats. ＝ 猫（ねこ）を２匹（ni-hiki）飼（か）っています。

"I'm not allowed to have pets in my apartment." using "～てはいけません" is；
アパートでペットを飼ってはいけません。

literal translation of "I'm not allowed to have pets in my apartment." into Japanese is;
私（わたし）はアパートでペットを飼（か）うことを許（ゆる）されていません。

However, 私のアパートでは、ペットを飼えません。 is more natural.


Where "ある/いる" is used with "いけません", ある/いる should be te-form.
間違（まちが）いがあってはいけません。
そこにいてはいけません。

[lillo80]

Wow!!
hatch_jp さん, thank you so much for the super thorough explanation!!
It's always amazing to me how Japanese has a specific word for everything!!
Amazing and intimidating at the same time!!