Questions & Answers about יש ארבע אפשרויות.
יש is the Hebrew word used for there is or there are in an existential sentence. In יש ארבע אפשרויות, it means there are.
So the structure is basically:
יש + number + noun
= there is/are + number + noun
Because יש does not change for singular and plural. Hebrew uses the same word for both:
- יש אפשרות אחת = there is one option
- יש ארבע אפשרויות = there are four options
So even though English switches between is and are, Hebrew keeps יש.
Not exactly in the same way as English to be. In modern Hebrew, יש is the standard word for expressing existence: there is / there are.
Also, Hebrew usually does not use a present-tense verb for to be in simple sentences. So יש fills that existential role instead.