Learn Hardcore Hebrew: אין לי איפה לשים את סל הכביסה, כי החדר הקטן כבר מלא. - I have nowhere to put the laundry basket, because the small room is already full.

Breakdown of אין לי איפה לשים את סל הכביסה, כי החדר הקטן כבר מלא.

What does אין לי literally mean, and why doesn’t Hebrew use a verb like have here?

Literally, אין לי means there is not to me.

Hebrew usually does not use a normal verb for to have in the present tense. Instead, it expresses possession with:

So:

This is a very common Hebrew pattern.

Why does the sentence use איפה? Doesn’t that usually mean where?

Yes, איפה usually means where, but in this kind of sentence it means something like somewhere / a place where.

So:

אין לי איפה לשים את סל הכביסה
literally: I don’t have where to put the laundry basket
natural English: I have nowhere to put the laundry basket

This is a very normal colloquial Hebrew structure. A more explicit version would be:

אין לי מקום לשים את סל הכביסה = I don’t have a place to put the laundry basket

So אין לי איפה... is a very natural way to say I have nowhere to...

Why is in the infinitive form?