Questions & Answers about Сейчас у меня есть план.
Why does the sentence use у меня instead of я for 'I'?
Russian doesn't use a direct equivalent of the verb 'to have' here. Instead, it uses the structure у (by/at) + the owner in the Genitive case + есть (is/exists) + the object. So to say 'I have', you say у меня есть (literally 'at me exists'). Because the preposition у always requires the Genitive case, the pronoun я changes to меня.
Is план the object of this sentence, like it is in English?
No, it is actually the subject! Because the Russian sentence literally means 'At me exists a plan', the word план is the thing doing the existing. That is why it stays in the Nominative (dictionary) case rather than changing to an object case.
Why is the word есть included here?
есть means 'is' or 'exists'. In the present tense, Russian normally leaves out the verb 'to be' (like saying 'I student' instead of 'I am a student'). But in this specific possession construction, есть is required to state the actual existence of the plan.
Can I change the word order and put сейчас at the end?
Yes, У меня есть план сейчас is grammatically correct because Russian word order is very flexible. However, placing time words like сейчас (now) at the beginning of the sentence is extremely common and sounds very natural, as it sets the scene before giving the main information.
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