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יש הרבה אנשים בתחנה, אבל חלק מהם כבר הולכים הביתה.
Meaning
There are many people at the station, but some of them are already going home.
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Questions & Answers about יש הרבה אנשים בתחנה, אבל חלק מהם כבר הולכים הביתה.
Why does the sentence start with יש?
יש is the standard Hebrew way to say there is / there are.
So:
- יש הרבה אנשים = There are many people
Hebrew does not use a separate dummy subject like English there. It simply uses יש plus the thing that exists.
Why is it הרבה אנשים and not something like אנשים הרבה?
In modern Hebrew, הרבה usually comes before the noun when it means many / a lot of:
- הרבה אנשים = many people
- הרבה זמן = a lot of time
This is the most natural everyday word order.
You may also see more formal/literary patterns such as אנשים רבים, which also means many people, but הרבה אנשים is much more common in speech.
Why is אנשים used here? Is it an irregular plural?