School is Weird

So our school consists of a variety of art majors, such as fashion design, graphic and interior design, to animation and video game programming. We don't really get a lot of interaction between the majors unless it's a G.E. class.

Tonight's Japanese class is one of those classes.
The subject of discussion was of the usage of the verbs 'imasu' and 'arimasu.' The difference between them is whether or not the noun is an animate or inanimate object.

A cat is 'imasu.'

A television is 'arimasu.'

Etc.


Student raises his hand. He is a video game programmer. He asks, "What about zombies?"
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The teacher, non-plussed, cheekily responds, "I have taught this class at this school for four quarters. I have been asked that question every quarter."