CONECTORES

Los conectores o conjunciones son palabras que usamos para unir dos o más frases o dos palabras dentro de la misma oración. Aquí tienes los conectores más comunes agrupados en categorías.

Copulativosand, not only … but also …, not only … but … as well, both … and …, no sooner … than
Disyuntivosor, either … or …, neither … nor …, whether … or …, else, otherwiseCondicionalesif, whether, unless, provided, providing, as long as, in case, in case ofConcesivosalthough, though, even though, even if, despite, in spite of, not even if, regardless ofConclusivostherefore, hence, thus, so, consequentlyContinuativosthen, moreover, furthermore, besides, in addition toAdversativosbut, however, nonetheless, yet, still, on the other hand, instead, instead of, on the contraryCausalesbecause, for, because of, as a result of, due to, owing to, since, asComparativosas, as … as …, not as … as …, not so … as …, just as … so …, as if, as thoughFuncionalesso, so that, so as to, so as not to, in order to

THERE BE

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.