יש בעיטת קרן.

there is

Breakdown of יש בעיטת קרן.

• בעיטת קרן: corner kick

Questions & Answers about יש בעיטת קרן.

What does יש mean in this sentence?

יש is the Hebrew word used to express existence, like there is or there are in English.

So:

יש בעיטת קרן = There is a corner kick

A very literal breakdown would be:

• יש = there is / there are
• בעיטת קרן = corner kick

Hebrew does not need a separate word like English there in this kind of sentence. יש does the job by itself.

Why does the sentence start with יש instead of the noun?

Because this is an existential sentence: it introduces the existence or occurrence of something.

Hebrew commonly uses this pattern:

יש + noun phrase

Examples:

• יש בעיה = There is a problem
• יש זמן = There is time
• יש בעיטת קרן = There is a corner kick

If you started with בעיטת קרן, it would sound less like there is a corner kick and more like you were making corner kick the topic of the sentence.

Why is it בעיטת and not בעיטה?