君に話しがある How does this work?


ちょっと君に話しがある I saw this sentence in my downloaded deck of cards. Does it make
sense.

Why does it feel like "You have a little bit of a story in you". How do you
interpret this? What does the に? In other words, is it a target particle for
the ある or 話.

The way I see it it should be broken up as " **君に話** " ＋ " _がある_ " not
**君に話がある**




In this case, 「に」 is not a location marker. It indicates the receiving end of
an action, offer, request, order, etc. So, 「[君]{きみ} = "you"」 is on the
receiving end here.

「[話]{はな}し」 does not mean "a story" here. Rather, it means "a word" as in "to
have a word with someone".

「～～に話しがある」 should be remembered as a set phrase meaning "would like a word
with ~~".

Thus, 「ちょっと君に話しがある。」 means "I'd like a word with you."

