あり usage

[7daytrial]

I wasn't able to find anything online about the usage of あり

Is this usage similar to the use of たり？

If anyone has any links or know of any jpod101 episodes that cover this please let me know.

Thanks.

[mieth]

ari can be used sometimes to say yes. I saw it on a tv show where they were going around asking people if they would be willing to go on vacation with their parents. Some people who answered yes answered with ari. Next it can be used as a connector into the next sentence in writing and polite speech.

[Jessi]

To expand on what mieth said, あり by itself can have the meaning of "doable"/"acceptable". It can also simply mean that something exists. from the verb あります (the example that comes to mind is 着信あり (chakushin ari), meaning "one missed call" - also the title of a horror film )

[7daytrial]

I haven't heard/seen あり used as confirmation before.

I have seen it used in a sentence such as: .....あり、....

I would have thought that if you wanted to use ある as a connector you would just conjugate it to it's te-form?

So if ある and あり both mean to exist, when do you use ある vs あり?

Also, how does 着信あり translate to "one missed call"?
I would have translated it to "there is a call".
How does it refer to past tense as well as being a missed call if あり means to exist?

Thanks.

[mieth]

Well ari is usually used in that conjugation in writing. The te form would be used in spoken form. The one thing you have to remember though is that using the te form as connection word often indicates some sort of order of time or sequence of events.

[jazzbeans]

Also, how does 着信あり translate to "one missed call"?
I would have translated it to "there is a call".
How does it refer to past tense as well as being a missed call if あり means to exist?

Thanks.

As far as I'm aware, you're correct. It literally means Incoming Call.
However, on Japanese phones, this message is shown when you miss an incoming call. (I couldn't tell you why, I'm afraid!). But 'cause we say One Missed Call, it's translated in English to this, instead of its literal translation.