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From what I've read あります can be used to say "There is/There are X nonliving
things. あります Can also be used to say one has something. I'm wondering if it
can be used like this:

> わたし は すいようび に アルバイト が あります

My goal of in making this sentence was to say

> I have a part-time job on Wednesday

I'm not sure if this is the correct way to say this though hence the question.
The original version of the sentence did not have わたし は in it but I added it
since I'm not sure if the sentence would make sense without it. If anyone can
let me know whether or not this is the correct way to say that I would be
grateful.
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Can あります be used to say: "I have to do X on a certain day"?
Your sentence

> 私{わたし}は水曜日{すいようび}にアルバイトがあります。

is absolutely correct sentence to say

> I have a part-time job on Wednesday.

(or "I have to do a part-time job on Wednesday").

You can choose whether adding わたしは to the sentence or not. Both sentences make
sense and natural sentences for me.

「水曜日{すいようび}にアルバイトがあります。」 is, if anything, preferable because わたし is often
clear in most of the situation and Japanese people tend to omit an obvious
subject, but both sentences are used in general.
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