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Is anyone injured?
this popped up in my online language "lessons".
Is anyone injured? they call it "Hay alguien herido?" why would it not be "Alguien esta herido?" or could either work? |
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Both work. And you could rearrange wording on your suggestion.
¿Está alguien herido? ¿Está herido alguien? |
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I agree with Rusty.
I will add a nuance of usage though: If the speaker knows the situation and/or the persons who could have been injured, it's better to use "estar". -> "¿Está alguien herido?" (Is someone --among the people I know-- injured?) If the speaker doesn't know anything except that there might be injured people, then it's better to use "hay". -> "Hay alguien herido?" (Is there someone --among all the people who was there-- injured?) Some examples: -¿Hay café en esa taza? -> There is a possibility that there is coffee in the mug I'm seeing. -¿Está mi café en la mesa? -> I know there is a mug of coffee for me, but I want to know if it's on the table, where I expect it to be. -¿Hay estudiantes extranjeros en tu escuela? -> I would like to know if there are any foreign students in your school. -¿Los estudiantes extranjeros están en tu escuela? -> There is a group of foreign students you and I know, and I'm asking if they're in your school. -No hay comida en el refrigerador. -> I'm stating there is no food in the fridge. -No está mi comida en el refrigerador. -> There may be other food in the fridge, but the sandwich and yogurt I left there has disappeared. -No hay niños en la casa. -> There are no children in this house. -Los niños no están en la casa. -> The children I expected would be in the house are somewhere else. *Maybe it's time to start freaking out*
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