Significa 'haber' (de existir). There + be se utiliza para hablar acerca de la existencia de algo, por lo tanto, ubicamos el sujeto real después del verbo.
There is - hay (singular)There are - hay (plural)
There was - hubo, había (singular)
There were - hubo, había (plural)
There has been - ha habido (singular)
There have been - ha habido (plural)
There had been - había habido
There will be - habrá
There will have been - habrá habido
There would be - habría
There would have been - habría habido
There can be - Puede haber
There could be - podría / pudo haber
There may be - Puede haber
There might be - podría haber
There should be - debería haber
There must be - debe haber
There could have been - podría/pudo haber habido
There might have been - podría haber habido
There should have been - debería haber habido
There must have been - debe haber habido
There has to be - tiene que haber (singular)
There have to be - tiene que haber (plural)
There had to be - tuvo/tenía que haber (plural)
There has to have been - tiene que haber habido (singular)
There have to have been - tiene que haber habido (plural)
There had to have been - tuvo/tenía que haber habido
There is going to be - va a haber (singular)
There are going to be - va a haber (plural)
There was going to be - Iba a haber (singular)
There were going to be - Iba a haber (plural)
There is (singular) - hay
There are (plural) - hay
There was (singular) - hubo, había
There were (plural) - hubo, había
- There is a lighthouse on the beach.
Hay un faro en la playa. - There is a store round the corner.
Hay una tienda a la vuelta de la esquina. - There are two houses near the station.
Hay dos casas cerca de la estación. - There are three schools in this town.
Hay tres escuelas en esta ciudad. - There was a party last night.
Hubo una fiesta anoche. - There was a kitten in the basket.
Había un gatito en la canasta. - There were many people at the concert.
Había mucha gente en el recital. - There were many accidents last night.
Hubo muchos accidentes anoche.
There has been (singular) - ha habido
There have been (plural) - ha habido
There had been - había habido
- There has been a hurricane.
Ha habido un huracán. - There has been a burglary.
Ha habido un robo en la casa. - There have been two calls.
Ha habido dos llamados. - There have been some problems lately.
Ha habido algunos problemas últimamente. - There had been many robberies in this neighborhood.
Había habido muchos robos en este barrio. - There had been lack of communication between Sam and Linda.
Había habido falta de comunicación entre Sam y Linda.
There will be - habrá
There will have been - habrá habido
There would be - habría
There would have been - habría habido
- There will be a party tonight.
Habrá una fiesta esta noche. - There will be five guests to dinner tomorrow.
Habrá cinco invitados a cenar mañana. - There will have been much money in the safe.
Habrá habido mucho dinero en la caja fuerte. - There will have been a letter from Anne in the mail.
Habrá habido una carta de Anne en el correo. - There would be a live orchestra at the wedding.
Habría una orsta en vivo en el casamiento. - There would be some news from the summit meeting.
Habría noticias de la reunión cumbre. - There would have been many musicians playing Carmen.
Habría habido muchos músicos interpretando Carmen. - There would have been many people at the zoo.
Habría habido mucha gente en el zoológico.
There can be - Puede haber
There could be - podría / pudo haber
There may be - Puede haber
There might be - podría haber
- There can be a fire.
Puede haber un incendio. - There can be an earthquake in San Francisco.
Puede haber un terremoto en San Francisco. - There could be many injured people.
Pudo haber muchos heridos. - There could be no answer from Helen.
Podría no haber respuesta de Helen. - There may be a storm.
Puede haber una tormenta. - There may be a flood in this area.
Puede haber una inundación en esta zona. - There might be blackouts tonight.
Podría haber apagones esta noche. - There might be a food shortage next week.
Podría haber una escasez de alimentos la semana próxima.
There should be - debería haber
There must be - debe haber
- There should be a warning.
Debería haber una advertencia. - There should be someone watching that child.
Debería haber alguien vigilando a ese niño. - There must be a way out.
Debe haber una salida. - There must be a mistake.
Debe haber un error.
There could have been - podría/pudo haber habido
There might have been - podría haber habido
There should have been - debería haber habido
There must have been - debe haber habido
- There could have been a mistake.
Podría haber habido un error. - There could have been a failure in the airplane.
Pudo haber habido una avería en el avión. - There might have been an explosion.
Podría haber habido una explosión. - There might have been a car crash.
Podría haber habido un choque. - There should have been warnings.
Debería haber habido advertencias. - There should have been a report from the chairman.
Debería haber habido un informe del presidente. - There must have been an error.
Debe haber habido un error. - There must have been a theft.
Debe haber habido un hurto.
There has to be - Tiene que haber (singular)
There have to be - Tiene que haber (plural)
There had to be - tuvo / tenía haber
- There has to be a solution.
Tiene que haber una solución. - There has to be some news from Jack.
Tiene que haber noticias de Jack. - There have to be several solutions.
Tiene que haber varias soluciones. - There have to be many good ideas.
Tiene que haber muchas ideas buenas. - There had to be a cause.
Tuvo que haber una causa. - There had to be a reason.
Tenía que haber una razón.
There has to have been - tiene que haber habido (singular)
There have to have been - tiene que haber habido (plural)
There had to have been - tuvo/tenía que haber habido
- There has to have been a reason.
Tiene que haber habido una razón. - There has to have been a doubt.
Tiene que haber habido una duda. - There have to have been many reasons.
Tiene que haber habido muchas razones. - There have to have been many questions.
Tiene que haber habido muchas preguntas. - There had to have been a purpose.
Tuvo que haber habido un propósito. - There had to have been an ulterior motive.
Tenía que haber habido un motivo oculto.
There is going to be - va a haber (singular)
There are going to be - va a haber (plural)
There was going to be - Iba a haber (singular)
There were going to be - Iba a haber (plural)
- There is going to be a celebration.
Va a haber una celebración. - There is going to be a tango show next weekend.
Va a haber un espectáculo de tango el fin de semana viene. - There are going to be many guest speakers at the conference.
Va a haber muchos oradores invitados en la conferencia. - There are going to be many workers at the construction site.
Va a haber muchos trabajadores en la obra en construcción. - There was going to be a party yesterday.
Iba a haber una fiesta ayer. - There was going to be an exhibition last week.
Iba a haber una exposición la semana pasada. - There were going to be a host and a hostess at the cocktail.
Iba a haber un anfitrión y una anfitriona en el cóctel. - There were going to be many booths at the trade show.
Iba a haber muchos puestos en la feria.
