There is ak There are : ki jan pou di yon bagay egziste

Pou di yon bagay egziste, angle sèvi ak yon konstriksyon fiks : there is oswa there are. Isit la, mo there pa vle di « la ». Se jis yon pati nan estrikti a. Li koresponn ak gen an kreyòl (Gen yon bank sou ri sa a), ak yon diferans : gen pa chanje, alòske angle dakò nan kantite.

Singilye ak pliryèl

• There is + yon objè : There is a bank on this street.
• There are + plis pase youn : There are two banks on this street.

Vèb la dakò ak sa ki vini apre li, pa ak there.

Non ki pa ka konte yo pran is

Dlo, pen, lajan, tan, enfòmasyon ak mizik pa konte youn pa youn, kidonk yo toujou pran is :

• There is milk in the fridge.
• There is a lot of traffic today.

Kesyon ak negasyon

	Singilye	Pliryèl
Kesyon	Is there a…?	Are there any…?
Negasyon	There isn't a…	There aren't any…

• Is there a pharmacy near here? — Yes, there is. / No, there isn't.
• Are there any tickets left? — No, there aren't.

Nan kesyon yo ak negasyon yo, nou sèvi ak any, e nan afimasyon yo, ak some : There are some chairs.

Pou mande kantite a, mete how many / how much devan :

• How many people are there in your team?
• How much time is there before the train?

Pase a

• There was a mistake in the bill.
• There were three people waiting.

Ak yon vèb modal

Konstriksyon an aksepte will, might, should, used to san chanje fòm — vèb la rete be.

• There will be a break at eleven.
• There might be a delay.
• There used to be a cinema here.

Nan lapawòl : there's

There's trè komen e li kontrakte lib. Pou there're, an revanch, prèske pa sèvi ak li — nou di there are antye.

• ✅ There's someone at the door.
• ✅ There are two people at the door. (pa « there're »)

Erè komen

Kreyòl la sèvi ak menm mo gen pou « posede » ak pou « egziste » (Mwen gen yon liv / Gen yon liv sou tab la). Se sa ki bay erè ak have oswa has. An angle, sa pa posib.

❌ Have a supermarket here. ❌ It has a supermarket here. ✅ There is a supermarket here.

❌ It is three rooms in the flat. ✅ There are three rooms in the flat.

Atansyon tou : kreyòl la ka sèvi ak gen pou « ago » (Gen twa jou depi m wè l), men an angle nou pa janm di sa ak there is, nou di three days ago.

There is oswa it is — there is prezante yon bagay pou premye fwa, it is pale de yon bagay ki deja konnen. There's a letter for you. It's from the bank.

Epi nan yon lis, vèb la dakò ak premye eleman an :

✅ There is a table and four chairs. ✅ There are four chairs and a table.

Kote li nesesè

Se egzakteman konsa nou dekri yon chanm, yon vil, yon foto oswa yon pwoblèm, se poutèt sa konstriksyon an parèt tout tan nan egzamen kou nan konvèsasyon chak jou.

There is a small kitchen, and there are two windows. There isn't a lift, but there is a garden.

Vizite yon apatman

A: Is there a washing machine?

B: There is, yes. And there's a dishwasher, though there isn't much cupboard space.

A: How many bedrooms are there?

B: Two. There used to be three, but the last owner knocked a wall through.

Chak fraz sou apatman sa a konstwi ak menm estrikti a — tèlman li komen.

Teste sa ou fèk li a

Tès ki anba a pase an revi kantite, kesyon, negasyon ak pase a.