Breakdown of Gibt es hier auch ein Restaurant?
ein
a, an (eine)
auch
also, too
es
it
hier
here
geben
to give
das Restaurant
the restaurant
es gibt
there is / there are
Questions & Answers about Gibt es hier auch ein Restaurant?
Why is it Gibt es instead of Es gibt?
Because this is a yes/no question! In German statements, the verb is usually in the second position (Es gibt...). To turn it into a question, you swap the subject (es) and the verb (gibt) and put the verb first: Gibt es...? (Is there...?).
The verb gibt comes from geben (to give). Why does this translate to 'Is there'?
The phrase es gibt is a fixed expression in German. Literally, it translates to 'it gives,' but it is the standard way to say 'there is' or 'there are'. So Gibt es...? simply means 'Is there...?' or 'Are there...?'.
Since es gibt requires the accusative case, why is it ein Restaurant and not einen?
Restaurant is a neuter noun (das Restaurant). In the accusative case, neuter and feminine words don't change their articles—only masculine words change from ein to einen. So, ein Restaurant is indeed in the accusative case here; it just looks exactly like the nominative!
Could I put auch at the very end of the sentence?
It sounds much better where it is! In German, words like auch (also/too) usually come right before the thing they are emphasizing. Here, you are asking if there is specifically a restaurant in addition to whatever else is here, so auch sits right before ein Restaurant.
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