هناك in English: there – meaning, pronunciation, examples

Other meanings

هُنَاكَ الكَثِيرُ مِنَ النَّاسِ. hunāka l-kathīru mina n-nāsi. — there are · exists, is present

How to use it

The word 'hunāka' (هناك) is an adverb of place, meaning 'there'. It is often used to point to a location. It can also be used to introduce a sentence, similar to 'there is' or 'there are' in English, followed by the subject.

Example sentences

الكِتَابُ هُنَاكَ عَلَى المَكْتَبِ.

al-kitābu hunāka ʿalā l-maktabi.

The book is there on the desk.
هُنَاكَ طَرِيقَانِ لِلْوُصُولِ إِلَى المَدِينَةِ.

hunāka ṭarīqāni li-l-wuṣūli ilā l-madīnati.

There are two ways to reach the city.
لِمَاذَا تَقِفُ هُنَاكَ؟

limādhā taqifu hunāka?

Why are you standing there?

Translations in the dictionary

Examples from real texts

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

انتبه! هناك حفرة كبيرة هناك.

Watch out! There's a big hole there.

هناك خلاص. و هناك إعادة إحياء.

There is redemption. And there is resurrection.

هناك أطفال صغير هناك، يطوفون هناك.

They got little babies in there, floating in there.

لفترة طويلة، كان هناك وكان هناك جسدي

For a long time, there was me, and my body.

حاليا، هناك العديد من الباصات العاملة هناك.

Currently, there are several buses operating there.

لأن هناك -- الأشخاص هناك كانوا يملكون أجهزة الكمبيوتر.

because there were -- there were people who had computers.

لا يزال هناك طريق طويل يتعين قطعه، إلا أن هناك إرادة هناك.

There's still a long way to go, but that there's a will there.

فبنى هناك مذبحا ودعا باسم الرب. ونصب هناك خيمته وحفر هناك عبيد اسحق بئرا

He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug a well.

كان هناك الكثير من الناس هناك -- المؤمنون كانوا هناك -- الكراسي المتحركة والعكازات، وهلم جرا.

There was a lot of people there -- the faithful come to be in their -- wheelchairs and crutches, and so on.

وليس هناك شيء في الداخل؛ ليس هناك صوت ممثل شهير؛ ليس هناك اسقاطات ؛ لم يكن هناك تلفزيونات، ليس هناك تغيير لون؛

And inside there's nothing; there's no famous actor's voice; there's no projections; there's no televisions; there's no color changing.

على الرغم من ان ممارسة الرياضة البدنية جميل هناك أجزاء أخرى في الحياة. هناك جانب فكري, هناك جانب عاطفي, هناك جانب روحي.

Lovely though physical exercise may be, there are other parts to life -- there's the intellectual side; there's the emotional side; there's the spiritual side.

هناك طعام صيني من الهند الغربية، هناك طعام صيني من جامايكا، هناك طعام صيني من الشرق الأوسط، هناك طعام صيني من موريشيوس.

There is West Indian Chinese food, there's Jamaican Chinese food, there is Middle Eastern Chinese food, there's Mauritian Chinese food.

Questions and answers

What's the difference between 'hunā' and 'hunāka'?

'Hunā' (هُنَا) means 'here', while 'hunāka' (هُنَاكَ) means 'there'. 'Hunā' is for a place close to the speaker, and 'hunāka' is for a place further away.

Can 'hunāka' be used for people?

Yes, it can be used for people, just like 'there' in English. For example, 'Is anyone there?' (هَلْ هُنَاكَ أَحَدٌ؟ - hal hunāka aḥadun?).