32 4.8 “There” Construction
“There” Construction Video
Instructor Video: There Construction
English is not a pro-drop language, in other words, you cannot have an English sentence in which subject is not available. ThisтАЩs why, we need dummy subjects like тАШthereтАЩ and тАШitтАЩ in English.
For examples:
- There is a car.
- There are ten students.
Unlike English though, Hindi is a pro-drop language hence subject can be dropped, or it is not needed in тАШthereтАЩ or тАШitтАЩ sentences. In these sentences, the verb agrees with the object.
For Examples:
| 1. | English | In my town, there is a museum. |
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| Hindi Word order | My town in + (there) + a museum + is | |
| Hindi | рдореЗрд░реЗ рд╢рд╣рд░ рдореЗрдВ (___) рдПрдХ рд╕рдВрдЧреНрд░рд╣рд╛рд▓рдп рд╣реИ | | |
| 2. | English | In my room, there are ten books. |
| Hindi Word order | My room in + (there) + ten books + are | |
| Hindi | рдореЗрд░реЗ рдХрдорд░реЗ рдореЗрдВ (___) рджрд╕ рдХрд┐рддрд╛рдмреЗрдВ рд╣реИрдВ | | |
| 3. | English | There is a computer on my desk. |
| Hindi Word order | My desk on + (there) + a computer + is | |
| Hindi | рдореЗрд░реА рдореЗрдЬрд╝ рдкрд░ (___) рдПрдХ рдХрдВрдкреНрдпреВрдЯрд░ рд╣реИ | |
Activities
With “there construction,” please form five sentences for describing places given below.
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| рдореЗрд░реА рд░рд╕реЛрдИ рдореЗрдВ,
In my kitchen, |
1 | Example: рдореЗрд░реА рд░рд╕реЛрдИ рдореЗрдВ рдПрдХ рдЪреВрд▓реНрд╣рд╛ рд╣реИ “There is a stove in my kitchen.” |
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| рдореЗрд░реА рдмреИрдардХ рдореЗрдВ,
In my living room, |
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| рдореЗрд░реЗ рдереИрд▓реЗ рдореЗрдВ,
In my bag, |
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| рдореЗрд░реЗ рд╕реНрдХреВрд▓ рдореЗрдВ,
In my school, |
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рдзрдиреНрдпрд╡рд╛рдж!
