Hay is a verb used to talk about what does or does not exist. In English, we use two statements to express existence, “there is” (singular) and “there are” (plural). In Spanish, hay is used for both singular and plural. When using hay, you don’t use the definite article: el, la, los, or las.
 En el dormitorio, hay una ventana y una puerta. |
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| En la atmósfera, hay agua, oxígeno y nitrógeno. |
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| En el refrigerador, hay una botella de cerveza. |
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| En el salón de clase, hay veinte pupitres. |
When you make a negative statement with hay, you usually do not use any article after the verb.
Ejercicio:
Complete el espacio con la forma correcta del artículo. (Fill in the blank with the correct form of the article.)
Today was Guillermo’s first day of school. When he got home, he described his classroom to his mom.
*”ni” means “nor”
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Ejercicio:
Describa las siguientes fotos usando el verbo hay. (Describe the following pictures using the verb form hay.)
Ejemplo: 
Respuesta: Hay un techo blanco. Hay dos paredes amarillas. Hay un piso negro.
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Ejercicio:
Escuche las frases. Escriba cada frase palabra por palabra. (You will hear several short phrases. Type each one word for word.)
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Candela Citations
- Lesson 1 Estructuras gramaticales. Authored by: Open Learning Initiative. Provided by: Carnegie Mellon. Located at: https://oli.cmu.edu/jcourse/lms/students/syllabus.do?section=037856eb80020ca6007833f93f06cd13. Project: Spanish1. License: CC BY-NC-ND: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
