Questions & Answers about איזה מזל שיש כאן קפה חינם במסדרון.
Literally, איזה מזל means what luck. In natural English, it often comes out as how lucky, what a relief, or fortunately.
So איזה מזל ש... is a very common pattern meaning It’s lucky that... or How lucky that...
Because ש־ means that and attaches to the next word.
- יש = there is / there are
- שיש = that there is / that there are
After איזה מזל, Hebrew normally uses this ש־ clause:
- איזה מזל שיש... = How lucky that there is...
יש is the Hebrew way to say there is or there are.
Hebrew does not need a separate word like English there in this kind of sentence. So:
- יש קפה = there is coffee
- יש אנשים = there are people
Notice that יש itself does not change for singular vs. plural.