En la discoteca había muchos chicos guapos. Shouldn't this be habían as "muchos chicos guapos" is plural?
En la discoteca había muchos chicos guapos.
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Marsha Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
When we say there is or there are we use hay [3rd person of verb haber] in the present tense and había for there were in the imperfect tense.
In Spanish, you use hay/había whether it is followed by one item or many, unlike in English.
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En la discoteca había muchos chicos guapos.
En la discoteca había muchos chicos guapos. Shouldn't this be habían as "muchos chicos guapos" is plural?
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