Hay Flashcards
Much
Many
There are many women.
Mucho / s
Mucha / s
Hay muchas mujeres.
There is or there are.
Hay
If it is quantified, it is always in a general manner.
Therefore you would never use “el,la,or uno” following it. It would always be quantified in general terms such as “much / many, a lot of, several, some,just a few, not any or nothing”. Since these are adjectives, they always agree with the noun.
A lot of
There are a lot of cars.
Bastante
Hay bastantes carros.
Several
There are several dogs.
There are several spoons.
Varios
Varias
Hay varios perros.
Hay varias cucharas.
Some
There are some trees.
Algún / Algunos
Alguna / Algunas
Hay algunos árboles.
Just a few
There are just few cars on the street.
Poco / Pocos
Poca / Pocas
Hay pocos coches en la calle.
There are not any (there are none)
There are not any dogs.
There is not a police station near here.
No hay ningún
No hay ninguna
No hay ningún perros.
No hay ninguna comisaría policía cerca de aquí.
There is nothing
No hay nada.
If you want to talk in a general way about some action needing to happen, you can instead use the construction hay + que + infinitive.
This can be kind of a sneaky way of saying that something needs to be taken care of without explicitly saying who should do it. In English, we often rework such a sentence into the passive voice to express the idea.
The trash needs to be taken out.
The window needs to be cleaned.
Hay que sacar la basura.
Hay que limpiar la ventana.