Learn Arabic › A2 › ثَمَّةَ
ثَمَّةَ
there is, there are /ˈθam.ma.ta/
adverbA2#777 most common
Also: there exists, there are some who, there (in that place)
Example sentences
ثَمَّةَ مُشْكِلَةٌ.
There is a problem.
ثَمَّةَ فَرْقٌ كَبيرٌ بَيْنَهُما.
There is a big difference between the two.
ثَمَّةَ مَنْ يَرى أَنَّ القَرارَ كانَ خاطِئًا.
There are those who think the decision was wrong.
ثَمَّةَ أَسبابٌ كَثيرَةٌ تَجعَلُني أَتَرَدَّدُ في قَبولِ العَرضِ.
There are many reasons that make me hesitate to accept the offer.
لا شَكَّ أَنَّ ثَمَّةَ عَلاقَةً وَثيقَةً بَيْنَ التَّعليمِ وَالتَّنميَةِ.
There is no doubt that there is a close link between education and development.
ثَمَّةَ مِنَ الفُروقِ الدَّقيقَةِ ما لا يُدرِكُهُ إِلّا مَنْ دَقَّقَ النَّظَرَ في تَفاصيلِ النَّصِّ.
There are subtle differences that only one who scrutinizes the details of the text grasps.
Word family
Etymology
ثَمَّ is an old Semitic adverb meaning "there," pointing to a place away from the speaker. Arabic added a final tāʾ to form ثَمَّةَ, which in modern usage works as an existential marker, "there is" or "there are." The word goes back to Proto-Semitic *ṯamma and is cognate with Hebrew šām and Aramaic tammān.
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