why don't we use han instead of hay?
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if in english you say there is a lot of pollution, - hay mucha contaminación
and for the plural you use there are, for example there are lots of factories, - hay muchas fábricas... why don't you use han instead of hay?
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updated Mar 7, 2016
posted by zapata88888888
Good question , I know the answer , it is almost simple , but i cannot explain it , how stupid am I ? - ray76, Mar 12, 2013
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The word "hay" as used here is the impersonal form of the verb haber, and in this context it means "to exist, to be". The word "han" is the present perfect form of the auxillary verb haber meaning "they have" completed something (han salido, they have left), so in this context it wouldn't make any sense.
updated Mar 7, 2016
posted by Jack-OBrien
Thats it, thanks mate , you a champion ! - ray76, Mar 12, 2013
