CursoLección 7/87

There is / There are (existencia)

"Use There is with singular nouns and There are with plural nouns to express existence."

La regla

There is + singular, There are + plural. Equivale al "hay" del español.

Para decir que algo existe usamos there is (singular) o there are (plural). NUNCA se usa el verbo have aquí: "hay una reunion" no es "have a meeting" sino "there is a meeting". La forma negativa es there is no / there are no o there isn't / there aren't. Cuidado: "there" (hay / allí) suena igual que "their" (su) pero se escriben distinto.

Ejemplos

There is a meeting at 10:00.

Hay una reunion a las 10:00.

There are five people in the call.

Hay cinco personas en la llamada.

There is no coffee in the kitchen.

No hay cafe en la cocina.

Are there any questions?

Hay alguna pregunta?

There isn't a problem with Slack today.

No hay un problema con Slack hoy.

There are two new messages in your inbox.

Hay dos mensajes nuevos en tu bandeja.

Casos típicos

Sustantivo singular o incontableThere is

There is a meeting.There is some coffee.There is water on the table.

Sustantivo pluralThere are

There are two managers.There are many tickets.There are some questions.

NegativoThere is no / There are no

There is no time.There are no meetings today.

PreguntaIs there / Are there

Is there a problem?Are there any updates?

Trampas hispanohablantes

Have a meeting at 10.There is a meeting at 10.

"Hay" no se traduce con have. Have significa tener (posesion).

There is two new emails.There are two new emails.

Plural (two emails) -> there are.

There have many people in the office.There are many people in the office.

Confusion clasica del español: "hay" nunca es have en inglés.

It is a problem with my laptop.There is a problem with my laptop.

It is = es / está. Para "hay" usamos there is.