יש ספסל ליד הפארק, והכדור שלי על הספסל הזה.

There is a bench near the park, and my ball is on that bench.

Breakdown of יש ספסל ליד הפארק, והכדור שלי על הספסל הזה.

• זה: this
• יש: there is
• ו: and
• על: on

Questions & Answers about יש ספסל ליד הפארק, והכדור שלי על הספסל הזה.

Why does the sentence begin with יש?

יש is the standard Hebrew way to say there is / there are.

So:

• יש ספסל = There is a bench
• literally, it is not built like English with the word there
• Hebrew uses יש to express existence

This is extremely common in Hebrew for introducing something new into the conversation.

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Why is it ספסל and not הספסל in the first part?

Because the bench is being introduced as indefinite: a bench, not the bench.

• יש ספסל ליד הפארק = There is a bench near the park
• If you said יש הספסל..., that would be wrong in normal Hebrew

After the bench has been introduced, the sentence can refer back to it as a specific bench:

• הספסל הזה = this bench

So the pattern is:

1. introduce something new: ספסל = a bench
2. refer back to it specifically: הספסל הזה = this bench

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Why is הפארק definite?