Questions & Answers about כמה כסף יש לך עכשיו?
Why does Hebrew use יש לך here instead of a verb meaning to have?
In modern Hebrew, possession is usually expressed with יש plus ל־ and a pronoun.
So:
- יש לך כסף = literally there is money to you
- natural English = you have money
That means כמה כסף יש לך עכשיו? is literally something like How much money is there to you now?, but the natural meaning is simply How much money do you have now?
This is the normal Hebrew pattern. The negative version is:
- אין לך כסף = you don’t have money
What does כמה mean here? Is it how much or how many?
כמה can mean both how much and how many.
The noun after it tells you which meaning is intended:
- כמה כסף = how much money
- כמה ספרים = how many books
Since כסף is a mass noun, כמה here means how much.
Why is there no word for English do in the question?