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¿Qué hay en el armario?

¿Qué hay en el armario?
What is there in the wardrobe?
From Lesson 18:There is, there are (hay)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about ¿Qué hay en el armario?

Why do we use hay here instead of está?
Hay means "there is" or "there are". We use it to ask about existence—like asking "what exists" inside the wardrobe. If we were asking about the location of a specific thing we already know about, we would use a form of estar. For example, ¿Dónde está el armario? means "Where is the wardrobe?".
If I expected there to be multiple things in the wardrobe, would hay change?
No, hay stays exactly the same! It is a special word that covers both singular ("there is") and plural ("there are"). It never changes its spelling to match the things you are talking about.
Why does Qué have an accent mark on the "e"?
In Spanish, question words (like qué, dónde, and cómo) always take an accent mark when they are used to ask a direct or indirect question. This helps tell them apart from the exact same words when they are used normally in a sentence, like when que simply means "that".
Why is there an upside-down question mark at the beginning of the sentence?
In Spanish, every written question must open with an inverted question mark (¿) and close with a standard one (?). Because Spanish sentences can often be turned into questions just by changing your tone of voice, this first mark gives readers a helpful heads-up!

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