Is There A Bank Around Here?

Introduction

This post is about giving information about facilities in the vicinity, and more specifically about using "hay" to say whether there is or there isn't a bank nearby.

SCENARIO

Imagine you are talking to a relative, a friend or a work colleague. The other person is looking for a bank. He/ she doesn't know the locality, but believes that you do and says to you something like: "is there a bank around here?"

In Spanish, the other person could say:

¿Hay un banco por aquí?

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OUR TIP

The question is an invitation for you to say whether or not there are any banks  in the vicinity. A yes/no answer may be strictly sufficient. However, with little effort, your answer could be a lot more informative

Perhaps you want to choose an answer which says that:

• No, there aren't any banks in the vicinity.
• Yes there is a bank nearby.
• There are several banks in the vicinity.
  

Here are some examples which deal with those basic possibilities:

• No, por aquí no hay* bancos (no, there aren't any banks around here).
• Sí, hay* un banco muy cerca (yes, there is a bank very near).
• Sí, hay* varios bancos por aquí (yes there are several banks around here).

Now you should practice answering the question:

¿Hay un banco por aquí?

*Please see grammar below

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Grammar

Please note the various meanings/ uses of 'hay':

hay	there is
	there are
no hay	there isn't
	there aren't

¿hay?	is there?
	are there?
¿no hay?	isn't there?
	aren't there?

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