Yiddish edit

Phrase edit

איז דאָ (iz do)

  1. there is

Usage notes edit

In the positive singular the phrase is simple, with the occasional inversion to דאָ איז (do iz), but the plural and negative forms see a great deal of dialectal variation. "There isn't..." may be rendered:

In the plural, i.e. "there are", איז (iz, is) becomes pluralized to זענען (zenen, are) with the alternative form זײַנען (zaynen). Thus we encounter in the positive:

and in the negative ("there aren't"):