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DESAFÍO 2
Expresar existencia. El verbo haber
Gramática
La forma verbal
hay
•
In Spanish, the form
hay
is used to express existence. It is equivalent to
there is/are
.
Hay
un dormitorio en mi casa.
Hay
dos ventanas en la sala.
•
The Spanish form equivalent to
there isn’t
or
there aren’t
is
no hay
:
No hay
dormitorios grandes.
No hay
jardín en el hotel.
Preguntas con
hay
•
To ask about the existence of something, use
hay
:
¿Hay
garaje en la casa?
Answers usually include
Sí
or
No
:
– Affirmative:
Sí, hay
un garaje pequeño.
– Negative:
No, no hay
garaje en la casa.
•
To ask how many people, animals, or things there are, use the question words
cuánto
,
cuánta
,
cuántos
, or
cuántas
followed by a noun and
hay
.
¿
Cuántos
dormitori
os
hay en la casa?
¿
Cuántas
sal
as
hay en la casa?
Notice that the question word agrees in number and gender with the noun.
•
To ask where something can be found, use the question word
dónde
followed by
hay
:
¿
Dónde hay
un garaje?
Note: In Spanish, questions are punctuated with a question mark at the beginning (
¿
)
and at the end (
?
) of the sentence.
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Piensa.
How are questions punctuated in English? Which punctuation marks
are used at the beginning and end of English sentences?
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En la foto…
Escribe.
Write two sentences for each photo. In the first, write about one thing that
appears in the photo; in the second, write about one thing that does not appear.
escalera - ascensor
armario - cómoda
Modelo
1.
Hay una cómoda. No hay armario.
lavaplatos - microondas
sofá - mesa
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Book 1 Unit 2 Puerto Rico Desafío 2