6.7 There is/are



There is/are corresponen a 'hi ha' en català; no són paraules accentuades i típicament es pronuncien amb vocal neutra. En principi is va amb els substantius singulars i are amb els substantius plurals, p. ex.:


There is a carpet on the floor.
(Hi ha una catifa al terra.)

There are two windows in the room.
(Hi ha dues finestres a l'habitació.)



Exemples de les preguntes són:


Is there are carpet on the floor?
(Hi ha una catifa al terra?)

What is there on the floor?
(Què hi ha al terra?)

Are there two windows in the room?
(Hi ha dues finestres a l'habitació?)

How many windows are there?
(Quantes finestres hi ha?)



Hi ha formes corresponents per als diferents temps:


Catalan

English

Examples

Hi ha

There is/are

Is there a cinema near here?

There are two cinemas near here.

Hi havia

There was/were

There was a big fire in 2014.

Two years later there were floods.

Hi haurà

There will be

There will be a festival in the summer.

Hi hauria

There would be

If people were vegetarian, there would be more food for everybody.

Hi ha hagut

There have/has been

There has been one strike this year.

There haven't been any problems.

Pot haver-hi

There could/might be

There might be sharks in the water.

Ha d'haver-hi

There must be

There must be a better way to do this.


Compareu there is + nom amb it is + adjectiu:


There is a lot of rain.

It is very rainy.

Were there many clouds?

Was it very cloudy?

There's a lot of dirt here.

It's very dirty here.

There's been quite a lot of fog recently.

It's been quite foggy recently.