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. This’s why, we need dummy subjects like ‘there’ and ‘it’ 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 ‘there’ or ‘it’ sentences. In these sentences, the verb agrees with the object.

For Examples:

1.	English	In my town, there is a museum.
	Hindi Word order	My town in + (there) + a museum + is
	Hindi	मेरे शहर में (___) एक संग्रहालय है |
2.	English	In my room, there are ten books.
	Hindi Word order	My room in + (there) + ten books + are
	Hindi	मेरे कमरे में (___) दस किताबें हैं |
3.	English	There is a computer on my desk.
	Hindi Word order	My desk on + (there) + a computer + is
	Hindi	मेरी मेज़ पर (___) एक कंप्यूटर है |

Activities

With “there construction,” please form five sentences for describing places given below.

Place		Sentences
मेरी रसोई में, In my kitchen,	1	Example: मेरी रसोई में एक चूल्हा है “There is a stove in my kitchen.”
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मेरे बैठक में, In my living room,	1
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मेरे थैले में, In my bag,	1
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मेरे स्कूल में, In my school,	1
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