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Russian often expresses possession with the pattern у + GENITIVE + (есть) + NOUN.
- у нас literally means at us / by us (the possessor is expressed as a location).
- есть время means there is time (available).
So У нас есть время = We have time (i.e., time is available to us).
нас is genitive plural of мы (we). After у (meaning at / by / in someone’s possession), Russian uses the genitive case:
- у меня, у тебя, у него, у нас, etc.
Often it can be omitted in the present tense:
- У нас (есть) время.
Both are possible, but the nuance changes slightly: - With есть, it sounds a bit more explicit: we do have / there is indeed time (availability is emphasized).
- Without есть, it can sound more neutral or conversational.