[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/there/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) / there # there pronoun, adverb; interjection (There, there!) «there» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. There is used to say something exists or is in a place: «There are 3 birds». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m1) 2. There means in that place or to that place, not here. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m2) 3. There can point at something: «There goes the bus!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m3) 4. «There, there» (casual) is said to calm someone who is upset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m4) 5. (casual) «There you go», «there ya go» means here it is, or well done. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m5) 6. (casual, nonstandard) People say «there's» with many things: «there's 3 left». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m6) 7. (formal) Exams say «there exist», «there remain», «there is given» and old words like «therein», «thereof», «thereby». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#m7) ### In the lessons in «there are» / «there were», telling an amount; «How many are there» asks for the count after all changes; phrases: «there is», «there are», «over there», «there and back», «there you go», «get there»; in casual talk «there's 3 left», «there ya go», «nearly there», «been there, done that»; in rough talk «get over there now», «there goes my bloody pocket money»; in the exam voice «there remain», «the number thereof», «there exists a number such that» ### Examples - There were 9 apples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x1) - There are 3 birds on the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x2) - How many children are there in all? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x3) - Is there any milk left? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x4) - Put your bag over there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x5) - There goes the last bus! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x6) - There are 7 days in a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x7) - There's 3 left, who wants 'em? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x8) - There ya go, 2 each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x9) - There goes my bloody pocket money, 10 dollars gone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x10) - There remain 7 crates, each containing 12 bottles; state the number thereof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x11) - There, there, don't cry, we'll find your teddy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/#x12) ### Note «there is» + one thing, «there are» + many things; «there's 3» is common in speech, but school English says «there are 3». Trap: «there», «their» and «they're» sound the same. Introduces an amount; carries no operation clue. «How many are there» asks for the count after all changes. «there remain» in an exam gives what is left. ## In Jewish tradition in «there are» / «there were», telling an amount; «How many are there» asks for the count after all changes; phrases: «there is», «there are», «over there», «there and back», «there you go», «get there»; in casual talk «there's 3 left», «there ya go», «nearly there», «been there, done that»; in rough talk «get over there now», «there goes my bloody pocket money»; in the exam voice «there remain», «the number thereof», «there exists a number such that» ### Examples - And they did eat there by the heap. (Torah GEN.31.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/there/#x1) - And there was evening and there was morning, one day. (Torah GEN.1.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/there/#x2) - And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. (Torah GEN.33.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/there/#x3) - And there was very great gladness. (Writings NEH.8.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/there/#x4) - Is there injustice on my tongue? (Writings JOB.6.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/there/#x5) - Is there a God beside Me? (Prophets ISA.44.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/there/#x6) ### Note «there is» + one thing, «there are» + many things; «there's 3» is common in speech, but school English says «there are 3». Trap: «there», «their» and «they're» sound the same. Introduces an amount; carries no operation clue. «How many are there» asks for the count after all changes. «there remain» in an exam gives what is left. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «there» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/there/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«there» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/there.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «there» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/there/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«there» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/there.html) on Mova free.