בדוכן יש מיץ קר, אבל אני רוצה רק מים.

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Breakdown of בדוכן יש מיץ קר, אבל אני רוצה רק מים.

• יש: there is
• מים: water
• לרצות: to want

Questions & Answers about בדוכן יש מיץ קר, אבל אני רוצה רק מים.

Why does the sentence start with בדוכן? What exactly does it mean?

בדוכן means at the stall / in the stall / at the stand.

It is made from:

• ב־ = in / at
• דוכן = stall, stand, booth

So literally it is something like in/at the stall.

A useful extra point: in unpointed Hebrew, בדוכן can sometimes be read as either:

• in a stall
• in the stall

The exact meaning usually comes from context.

Why is יש used here?

יש is the Hebrew word used to express there is or there are.

So:

• יש מיץ קר = there is cold juice
• יש מים = there is water / there are water supplies depending on context

Hebrew does not use a separate dummy subject like English there. Instead, it simply uses יש.

A very common pattern is:

place + יש + thing

So:

• בדוכן יש מיץ קר literally: At the stall there is cold juice

Why is there no word for a in מיץ קר?