Meaning

1 senses
  1. Of the specified thing: to exist, physically or abstractly.

    Let there be light.

    There are two apples on the table. [=Two apples are on the table.]

    geben (es gibt)

    бытьbytʹ, име́тьсяimétʹsja, естьjestʹ

    бу́тиbúty, ма́тисяmátysja, єje

Examples

18301 sentences
  1. There's nothing to be afraid of.

    Немає чого боятися. — deniko

    ruБояться нечего. — marafon

    deEs gibt nichts, wovor man Angst haben müsste. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. There isn't anywhere else to park.

    Більше нема де припаркуватися. — deniko

    ruБольше припарковать негде. — Hellerick

    deMan kann sonst nirgendwo parken. — Tamy

  3. There is a time for everything.

    Усьому свій час. — uaspeaker

    ruВсему своё время. — zmoo

    deAlles zu seiner Zeit. — MUIRIEL

  4. There wasn't anyone in the room.

    В кімнаті не було нікого. — deniko

    ruВ комнате никого не было. — Arkadeko

    deEs war kein Mensch im Zimmer. — Dejo

  5. There is food on the desk.

    На столі лежить їжа. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to exist:
Русский
By meaning 1
to exist:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to exist:

Origin

The expletive there, from Old English þær, to fill the first position in English's histori

The expletive there, from Old English þær, to fill the first position in English's historic V2 word order.

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Forms

theres be, thering be, thered be, thered be
Base formthere be · to there be
3rd person singulartheres be
Present participlethering be
Past simplethered be
Past participlethered be

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythere be
he, she, ittheres be

Past simpleLesson

all personsthered be

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave thered be
he, she, ithas thered be

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill there be

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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