What does "Kareshi ga imasu ka" mean in English?

Question

Can someone who knows alot of Japanese tell me what

"Kareshi ga imasu ka" means?

Does it mean "Is that him?"

Also, is "kareshi" （彼氏）a polite way of saying "him"?

Does 彼+氏 = "he"+ "mister"?

Thank you

Answer 1

This is not Japanease it is Filipino

Answer 2

kareshi is boyfriend (as in you are in a relationship with him)

kareshi ga imasu ka?   means do you have a "steady" (i dont know if this term is still used anymore...is it?) boyfriend

Is that him?   is  "kare desu ka?"  which doesnt necessarily mean you are intimate with the guy...it may even mean "Is that him ( as in who's stalking you")

If he is your boyfriend

you dont usually use s**+ (氏) after kare to introduce  him  to your friends because he is "yours" (per se)

you say "kare desu"  (this is  him... as in  my significant other)

( usually Japanese tell their friends beforehand when they plan to introduce their serious boy/girlfriends ...) and will be introduced  as Ichiro san (or whatever name he"s called plus the san)  

he will introduce you as kanojo desu ( his girlfriend) or kanojo can also mean she or her and not necessarily intimate...

if he puts san after your name, its a good sign

if he doesnt...tell him you're not married yet!

and if you're a gaijin (foreigner) dont put san after his his name...

he might as well start getting used to it

gambatte

Answer 3

"彼氏が居ますか?"

"Is he your boyfriend?"

In Japanese there are many words that were taken from social appellatives. So, the words "kare" and "kanojo" (which signifies "boyfriend" and "girlfriend") also means "he" and "she", but it's not the case of "kareshi". To make it more understandable:

Kare å½¼: he or boyfriend

Kanojo 彼女: she or girlfriend

Kareshi 彼氏: ONLY BOYFRIEND

Notice the first kanji is the same for the three of them, or in other words, the concept of both boyfriend and girlfriend comes from a common "he" at orient, bearing on chinese-based characters. It's a social sign as well.

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It was interpreted as "your" boyfriend, since it's the most probably. However, it really takes it's meaning depending on the context (e.g. if someone is asking you, it's "your"; if someone is talking to you but pointing to another person, it's "her"; an so on).

Hope this help!

Answer 4

blah, all these long answers haha. good answers though. just a lot of technical pish-posh.

Basically it just means: "Do you have a boyfriend?"

imasu is just like arimasu, but used for living beings. if you use "kareshi ga arimasu ka?" its like saying "do you have an inanimate boyfriend?" lol

彼- boyfriend　氏- person

Answer 5

It means "Do you have a boyfriend?"

"kareshi" means boyfriend