יש מישהו שיכול לעזור לי?

there is

Breakdown of יש מישהו שיכול לעזור לי?

• לי: to me
• להיות יכול: to be able
• ש: that

Questions & Answers about יש מישהו שיכול לעזור לי?

How do you pronounce יש מישהו שיכול לעזור לי?

A common pronunciation guide is:

Yesh mishehu sheyachol la'azor li?

Roughly:

• יש = yesh
• מישהו = mishehu
• שיכול = sheyachol
• לעזור = la'azor
• לי = li

A more syllable-by-syllable feel:

• yesh
• mi-she-hu
• she-ya-khol
• la-a-zor
• lee

What does יש do here?

יש means there is / there are.

So the sentence literally starts with:

• יש = there is
• מישהו = someone

Together:

• יש מישהו = there is someone / is there someone

In a question, intonation or the question mark makes it mean:

• Is there someone ... ?

Why doesn’t Hebrew use a separate word for is like English does?