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15 There is/are

Verbs

There is/are se koriste u izrazima u rečenicama koje žele potvrditi (kad je Pozitivno) ili poreći (kad je Negativno) da nešto postoji, ili provjeriti (kad je Upitno) ako nešto postoji.

EXTRA: There is/are = Nalaziti, Postojati, Biti.

We usually find this structure There is/are in its three forms:

There is (for singular nouns):

  • Affirmative: We use there is;
  • Negative: We use there isn’t;
  • Interrogative: We use is there.

There are (for plural nouns):

  • Affirmative: We use there are;
  • Negative: We use there aren’t;
  • Interrogative: We use are there.

There is

  • There is a cat in the garden.
  • There isn’t a cat in the garden.*
  • Is there a cat in the garden?

*A more common expression is “there is no”, e.g. There is no cat in the garden.

There are

  • There are 10 cats in the garden.
  • There aren’t 10 cats in the garden.*
  • Are there 10 cats in the garden?

*A more common expression is “there are no”, e.g. There are no cats in the garden. or “there are not any”, e.g. There aren’t any cats in the garden.

U riječi “there” nalazi se “lažan subjekt”, zapravo vrsta pripremnog subjekta koja nagovještava prisustvo stvarnog subjekta negdje drugdje u rečenici.

There is/are se koriste u izrazima u rečenicama koje žele potvrditi (kad je Pozitivno), ili žele poreći (kad je Negativno)da nešto postoji ili provjeriti (kad je Upitno) ako nešto postoji.

  • There is for singular;
  • There are for plural.

Npr.:
— Affirmative: “There is a plate on the table. (= just one plate)-There are plates on the table. (= more than one plate)” = We use the Affirmative form to confirm the presence of a plate on the table.
— Negative: “There isn’t a plate on the table. (= deny just one plate is on the table) - There aren’t plates on the table (= maybe one plate but not many plates) ” = We use the Negative form to deny the presence of a plates on the table.*
*The more common form is “there is no/there are no”, e.g. There is no plate on the table. - There are no plates on the table.
— Interrogative: “Is there a plate on the table? (= asking for one plate) - Are there plates on the table? (= asking for more than one plate)” = We use the Interrogative form to ask information about the presence of a plate on the table.

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