There is / there are
Cómo decir «hay» en inglés con there is y there are: singular y plural, negativas, preguntas, pasado (there was / there were) y errores comunes.
En resumen
- There is + singular o incontable: There is a problem.
- There are + plural: There are three options.
- En pasado: there was / there were; en futuro: there will be.
La regla#
| Singular / incontable | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Afirmativa | There's a meeting today. | There are two meetings today. |
| Negativa | There isn't any coffee. | There aren't any chairs. |
| Pregunta | Is there a bank near here? | Are there any questions? |
| Pasado | There was a problem. | There were some problems. |
| Futuro | There will be a party. | There will be many guests. |
Ejemplos#
There's a typo in the report.
Hay un error de tipeo en el informe.
There are a lot of people here.
Hay mucha gente aquí.
Is there anything else?
¿Hay algo más?
There were no flights available.
No había vuelos disponibles.
Errores comunes#
Have many people.
There are many people.
Hay = there is / there are.
There is two problems.
There are two problems.
Plural: are.
There are a lot of traffic.
There is a lot of traffic.
Traffic es incontable.
It has a park near my house.
There's a park near my house.
No se traduce con have.
Practica
Elige la opción correcta. Te mostramos la explicación al instante.
1.___ a problem with the server.
2.___ any questions?
3.There ___ a lot of people at the concert.
4.«Hay mucho tráfico»
5.«Habrá una reunión»
Preguntas frecuentes
¿Se puede contraer there are?+
Al hablar se oye there're, pero al escribir se deja there are. There is sí se contrae normalmente: there's.