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Learn Hardcore Hebrew: יש מיליון אפשרויות. - There are a million options.

Hardcore Hebrew
/Taking clothes to a tailor and dry cleaner
/יש מיליון אפשרויות.

יש מיליון אפשרויות.

Word

יש מיליון אפשרויות.

Meaning

There are a million options.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Hebrew

Lesson

Taking clothes to a tailor and dry cleaner

Breakdown of יש מיליון אפשרויות.

מיליוןmilyon

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Questions & Answers about יש מיליון אפשרויות.

What does יש mean here?

יש is the Hebrew word used for there is / there are in an existential sentence.

So in יש מיליון אפשרויות, יש tells you that something exists or is available:

יש זמן = there is time
יש בעיה = there is a problem
יש אפשרויות = there are possibilities

It does not change for singular vs. plural. The same יש works for both there is and there are.

Why doesn’t Hebrew use a normal verb for are here?

In English, you say there are a million possibilities with the verb to be. In Hebrew, present-tense existential sentences usually use יש instead.

So Hebrew does not normally say something equivalent to are a million possibilities in this kind of sentence. The natural structure is:

יש + noun phrase

That is why יש מיליון אפשרויות is the normal way to say it.

Why is the word order יש מיליון אפשרויות and not something else?

The most basic and natural word order for this kind of sentence is:

יש + quantity/noun

So:

יש מיליון אפשרויות
יש הרבה אנשים
יש כמה דרכים

Starting with יש is the standard way to introduce existence: there is / there are.

Other word orders may be possible in special contexts, but for a learner, יש מיליון אפשרויות is the normal pattern to remember.

What is מיליון grammatically?

מיליון means million, and grammatically it behaves like a noun.

So מיליון אפשרויות is literally something like a million possibilities.

A useful way to think about it is:

מיליון = a quantity word
אפשרויות = the thing being counted

You will see the same pattern with other large numbers too.

Why is אפשרויות plural?

Because the sentence is talking about more than one possibility.

The singular form is:

אפשרות = possibility

The plural form is:

אפשרויות = possibilities

Since a million is a large number, the counted noun is plural, so אפשרויות is exactly what you would expect.

Is אפשרויות masculine or feminine?

אפשרות is a feminine noun, and אפשרויות is its feminine plural form.

A common singular/plural pair in this pattern is:

אפשרות
אפשרויות

This is useful because Hebrew nouns often affect number forms and agreement elsewhere in the sentence.

Do I need של between מיליון and אפשרויות?

No. In this sentence, של is not needed.

The natural Hebrew is:

יש מיליון אפשרויות

not:

יש מיליון של אפשרויות

Hebrew normally puts quantity expressions directly before the noun:

מיליון אנשים
הרבה רעיונות
כמה שאלות

So מיליון אפשרויות is the correct and natural structure.

How do you pronounce this sentence?

A common pronunciation is:

yesh mil-YON ef-sha-ru-YOT

Roughly:

יש = yesh
מיליון = mil-YON
אפשרויות = ef-sha-ru-YOT

The main stress is usually on:

מיליון → last syllable
אפשרויות → last syllable

Can יש be used with both singular and plural nouns?

Yes. יש stays the same whether what follows is singular or plural.

Examples:

יש אפשרות = there is a possibility
יש אפשרויות = there are possibilities
יש מיליון אפשרויות = there are a million possibilities

This is different from English, where there is and there are change.

Could I replace יש with another word?

Sometimes, but יש is the most natural choice here.

For example, a more formal or literary sentence might use something like קיימות in some contexts, but that would sound less neutral and everyday.

For ordinary speech and writing, יש מיליון אפשרויות is the best form to learn and use.

Why is there no Hebrew word for a before million?

Hebrew does not use indefinite articles like English a or an.

So where English says a million possibilities, Hebrew simply says:

מיליון אפשרויות

This is completely normal. Hebrew often leaves indefiniteness unmarked:

ספר = a book
רעיון = an idea
מיליון אפשרויות = a million possibilities

Would the sentence change if the possibilities were specific, not just general?

Yes, possibly.

In יש מיליון אפשרויות, the noun phrase is indefinite and general, which fits existential יש very naturally.

If you were talking about a specific known set of possibilities, Hebrew might use a different structure depending on the context. But in a general sentence like this one, יש מיליון אפשרויות is exactly the right form.

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