Breakdown of عند الجسر الكبير توجد ساحة، وعلى يسار الساحة مقهى صغير.
Questions & Answers about عند الجسر الكبير توجد ساحة، وعلى يسار الساحة مقهى صغير.
It can be different.
A very normal alternative is:
توجد ساحة عند الجسر الكبير
Both sentences are correct. The difference is mainly focus:
- عند الجسر الكبير توجد ساحة puts the location first: At the big bridge, there is a square.
- توجد ساحة عند الجسر الكبير starts with the existence of the square: There is a square at the big bridge.
Arabic often moves location phrases to the front when setting the scene.
Here توجد means there is / there exists / is found.
It comes from the verb وجد in the passive/existential sense to be found, to exist. In Modern Standard Arabic, يوجد and توجد are very common for expressing there is / there are.
So:
- توجد ساحة = there is a square
In English, there is just part of the structure there is. In Arabic, the idea is expressed by the verb itself.
Because the subject is ساحة, and is .