עדיין יש תקווה.

There is still hope.

Breakdown of עדיין יש תקווה.

• יש: there is
• עדיין: still
• תקווה: hope

Questions & Answers about עדיין יש תקווה.

How do you pronounce עדיין יש תקווה?

A common pronunciation is:

adáyin yesh tikvá

More precisely:

• עדיין = a-DA-yin or a-DA-yen depending on accent/speaker
• יש = yesh
• תקווה = tik-VA

The main stress is usually on:

• -dá- in עדיין
• -vá in תקווה

With vowels, it is often written as:

עֲדַיִן יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה

What does each word mean?

Word by word:

• עדיין = still / yet
• יש = there is / there are / exists
• תקווה = hope

So the sentence literally means something like:

Still, there is hope
or more naturally in English:
There is still hope.

Why is יש used here?

יש is the Hebrew word used to express existence: there is / there are.

So:

• יש תקווה = There is hope
• יש זמן = There is time
• יש בעיה = There is a problem

It does not change for singular/plural or masculine/feminine in this kind of sentence. It simply says that something exists.

Why isn’t there a separate word for , like in English ?