IL Y A is probably the most useful expression in French.
| Il y a | There is |
| Il y a | There are |
It doesn’t matter if what comes next is singular or plural. In the present tense, the expression is always IL Y A.
| Il y a une abeille sur la fleur. | There is a bee on the flower. |
| Il y a trois biscuits dans le paquet. | There are three cookies in the package. |
| IL | It |
| Y | there (adverbial pronoun Y) |
| A | 3rd person singular conjugation of the verb avoir |
ASK A QUESTION USING IL Y A
| Est-ce qu’ | il y a | une table dans la cuisine? |
| Is it that | there is | a table in the kitchen? |
| Est-ce qu’ | il y a | deux lits dans la chambre? |
| Is it that | there are | two beds in the bedroom? |
