N5
がいる
To be, There is (people and animals)
警察がいる。
There is a police officer.
Explanation
「がいる」 says that something alive and able to move on its own is somewhere: people, animals, insects, fish. 「公園に子供がいる」 (There are children in the park). The polite form is 「います」, the negative 「いない」 / 「いません」, the past 「いた」 / 「いました」. It is also used for family and relatives: 「子供がいる」 (I have children).
Mixed up with
Plants are alive but do not move on their own, so they take 「ある」.
A fish swimming in a pond takes 「いる」: 「魚がいる」; a fish on sale at the supermarket or served on a table is food and takes 「ある」: 「魚がある」.
Cars and trains as objects take 「ある」: 「駐車場に車がある」. A vehicle seen as being driven, such as a police car or a taxi, often takes 「いる」: 「パトカーがいる」.