Questions & Answers about איזה מזל שיש כאן קפה חינם במסדרון.
What does איזה מזל mean here?
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...
Why is it שיש and not just יש?
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...
What exactly does יש mean?
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.