5.1 Language and Speech – Есть (There is …)

I am going to give you a gift right now and that is:  Есть.

What about it makes iт something you’d like to have in your Russian repertoire? Well, how about this:

• It doesn’t decline for case.
• It doesn’t conjugate.
• It doesn’t EVER CHANGE.
• It’s just есть and we use it to indicate the EXISTENCE of something, very much like when we in English say, “There is … / There are …”

Наприме́р:

	В Ри́ге есть хоро́шие рестора́ны. There are good restaurants in Riga.
	На ка́мпусе есть стадио́н и спортза́лы. There are gyms and a stadium on campus.
	В о́фисе есть кни́жный шкаф и большо́е окно́. There is a bookshelf and big window in the office.

Тепе́рь попрактику́емся….