Talk:il y a

Il y a How it can be "there is"

If we break "IL Y A". It will be Il = He y = y a = has

Can any one explain.

il (“it”) + y (“there”) + a (“has”), literally “it has there ...”. Wyang (talk) 12:45, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Existence and possession are close in West European languages, such as there is a swing in the park and the park has a swing. In French, existence is expressed by a possessive construction with an expletive subject il, which has no referent. — TAKASUGI Shinji (talk) 15:33, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

what's the etymology?

I kinda came here for the etymology, but there isn't one on the page. please add one.

Sabra55 (talk) 08:01, 10 July 2023 (UTC)