when to use hay estan and esta ?

Question

i'm literally lost ,there is so much accents and similar words in spanish , really confusing , that's the case with " hay, están and está". so i hope there is someone who can give me some tips about them .

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Answer 1

"Hay" is the same as the English, "there is" or "there are" Hay treinta chicos en la clase. There are thirty kids in the class. Hay una profesora. There is one teacher.

Now estar is one of the verbs for "to be" in English. I suggest that you read my article on the subject.

Buena suerte.

Link to ser and estar

I just noticed that I didn't put the present tense conjugation of estar. Here it is.

Yo estoy

Tú estás

El, ella, or usted está

Nosotros/as estamos

Vosotros/as estáis

Ellos/ellas/ustedes están.

Note that every time the subject pronoun changes, the verb changes as well.

For further information SpanishDict has an excellent grammar section. On the home page just scroll down to where you see "grammar" click on it and various subjects will come up.

Answer 2

Yes, David,

allí/ahí está/están. There it is/they are.

That's correct.

Gracias amigo por su repuesta. - 00cc0117, Apr 15, 2016

"respuestas" - 00cc0117, Apr 15, 2016

You're welcome. - chileno, Apr 16, 2016

Answer 3

It should say "ahi"

Answer 4

Am I understanding wrong, but I could swear that she's asling about:

ahí está

ahí están

No?

Answer 5

Thank you for filling out your profile!

Since you are not fluent in English perhaps you are still learning it, so I will correct the mistakes you made in English in your post. The corrections are in boldface type.

I'm literally lost ,there are so many accents and words that sound alike in Spanish , it's really confusing , that's the case with " hay, están and está". so I hope there is someone who can give me some tips about them .

The word "literally" is used sometimes to mean "really" or "very". If you were "literally lost" we would not be able to find your question. I suggest not using it in this way. Names of languages and the pronoun I are always capitalized (capitalised in British English).

I hope this helps for your use of English in the future.

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:) - Daniela2041, Apr 14, 2016

Daniel2041???? jejejeje. - Daniela2041, Apr 14, 2016

Answer 6

Daniela's answer as always is excellent. I just want to clarify that "hay, hubo, había" are a special form that is used similar to the "to be" verbs "estar" and "ser" as Daniela said they form the "there is/are, there was/were" etc.

In English "there is/are, etc" are formed using the verb "to be" In Spanish we do not use "estar" or "ser" for this but rather the "hay" form of "haber".

Very nice! - Jubilado, Apr 14, 2016

Thank you. - gringojrf, Apr 14, 2016

Answer 7

Ahí está? There it is?

Ahí están? There they are? They are there?

Are these translations correct?

This is something new to me. - 00cc0117, Apr 15, 2016