6.8 There and it contrasted

In general there is, etc., corresponds to Catalan hi ha, etc., e.g.:

There's a good Chinese restaurant in the next street. (Hi ha un bon restaurant xinès al proper carrer.)

Is there any reason why they should refuse? (Hi ha alguna raó per la qual dirien que no?)

We use it for light and weather conditions, e.g.:

It's very dark in that church. (L'interior d'aquella església és molt fosca.)

Look! It's started to rain. (Mira! Ha començat a ploure.)

But notice the contrast between the following: There was a lot of cloud/fog/ice. (Hi havia molts núvols/molta boira/molt de glaç.) It was very cloudy/foggy/icy. (Estava molt núvol/boirós/glaçat.)

We also use it to refer to a noun phrase, e.g.:

There is a lot of rubbish. It's all over the floor. (Hi ha molta porqueria. És a tot el terra.)

	See also there is, etc., personal pronouns.