There is / There are (hi ha)

There is / There are

Fes servir 'there is' per dir que alguna cosa existeix o per parlar d'un nom singular o incomptable. Fes servir 'there are' amb noms en plural. En les preguntes, s'inverteixen el subjecte i el verb: 'Is there a bank near here?' Aquestes estructures són habituals per descriure llocs i situacions.

QUAN S'UTILITZA

Fes servir 'there is/are' per presentar o anunciar l'existència d'alguna cosa. És molt habitual per descriure què hi ha en un lloc o per dir que alguna cosa existeix (o no existeix).

ESTRUCTURA

positiveThere is+singular/uncountable noun

There is a supermarket on the corner.

**Hi ha** un supermercat a la cantonada.

negativeThere isn't / There aren't+noun

There aren't any seats left.

Ja **no hi ha** seients lliures.

questionIs there / Are there+noun?

Is there a bank near here?

**Hi ha** un banc a prop d'aquí?

PARAULES CLAU

there is
there are
there was
there were
there isn't
there aren't

EXEMPLES

There is a supermarket on the corner.
**Hi ha** un supermercat a la cantonada.
There are three bedrooms in this apartment.
**Hi ha** tres habitacions en aquest pis.
Is there any milk in the fridge?
**Hi ha** llet a la nevera?
There isn't enough time.
**No hi ha** prou temps.
There were many people at the concert.
**Hi havia** molta gent al concert.

ERRORS COMUNS

It is a problem with the computer.

There is a problem with the computer.

Fes servir 'there is' per presentar l'existència d'alguna cosa, no 'it is'

There is many students in the class.

There are many students in the class.

Fes servir 'there are' amb noms en plural

Consell

El verb 'is' o 'are' concorda amb el nom que el segueix, no amb 'there'. Per tant, fixa't en el que ve després: 'There IS a dog' (singular) vs. 'There ARE dogs' (plural).