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y avoir

/i.j‿a.vwaʁ/

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verb/i.j‿a.vwaʁ/

there be

Il y a deux raisons.There are two reasons.

Literally, “to have there”; from Middle French y avoir, from Old French i avoir, from Latin hīc (“here”) and habēre (“to have”). Compare Catalan haver-hi and Spanish hay.

y avoir — French Dictionary | Passage