Breakdown of Hay suficiente mercancía en el inventario.
en
in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)
haber
there to be (existential)
la mercancía
the merchandise
suficiente
enough (sufficient)
Questions & Answers about Hay suficiente mercancía en el inventario.
Why doesn't suficiente change to suficienta to match the feminine noun mercancía?
In Spanish, adjectives and quantifiers that end in -e generally do not change for gender. Suficiente stays exactly the same whether it modifies a masculine or a feminine noun. It only changes to match number, adding an -s if the noun is plural.
Why is suficiente placed before the noun instead of after it?
Quantifiers—words that tell you "how much" or "how many" of something there is—usually go before the noun they modify. This is different from descriptive adjectives (like colors or sizes), which typically go after the noun.
Could I say suficientes mercancías here instead?
You could, but it changes the nuance slightly. Here, mercancía is being used as a singular, uncountable concept (just like the English word "merchandise"). Because the noun is singular, the quantifier suficiente must also be singular. If you used the plural mercancías (which translates more to "goods" or "wares"), you would have to use suficientes.
Why do we use hay instead of está if we are talking about where the merchandise is located?