- Hay una mochila blanca en el suelo. (There is a white backpack on the floor.)
- Hay dos cuadernos y un bolígrafo en mi escritorio. (There are two notebooks and a pen on my desk.)
- ¿Qué hay en la mesa? Hay un libro y un lápiz. (What is there on the table? There is a book and a pencil.)
- Hay tres hojas de papel en la mochila. (There are three sheets of paper in the backpack.)
write 4 sentences using:
backpack la mochila
book el libro
notebook el cuaderno
paper el papel
pen el bolígrafo
pencil el lápiz
white (masculine) blanco
white (feminine) blanca
with:
“Hay” means “there is” or “there are,” and it can be used for one thing or more than one thing. Consider these examples:
“Hay un libro en la mesa.” (There is one book on the table.)
“Hay dos libros en la mesa.” (There are two books on the table.)
I also use “hay” to ask questions about the existence of something in a given place. For example, I might say this:
¿Qué + hay + en + (indefinite article or number) + (noun)?
¿Qué hay en la mesa? What is (there) on the table?
¿Qué hay en el salón de clases? What is (there) in the classroom?
¿Quéhayen una escuela? What is (there) in a school?
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