| Hay tres sillas en la sala. | There are three chairs in the room. |
| Hay un mapa en la pared. | There is a map on the wall. |
| ¿Qué hay en el carro? | What's in the car? |
| Uf, ¿Hay piedras en tu mochila? | Oof, are there rocks in your backpack? |
When we use Hay in the Imperfect past tense to indicate that there was or there were things, Había still functions as both singular and plural:
| Había tres sillas en la sala. | There were three chairs in the room. |
| Había un mapa en la pared. | There was a map on the wall. |
| ¿Qué había en el carro? | What was in the car? |
| Uf, ¿Había piedras en tu mochila? | Oof, were there rocks in your backpack? |
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