Re: "There can be"

>"Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
>How do langs with various other idiomatic renderings of "there is/are"
>convey the idea "there can be"? Would "se puede hacer" send the right
>message in Spanish?
"Se puede hacer" = "it can be done/made."  The expression to which you
refer is "hay" from the verb "haber."  I don't think it has to be
reflexive, "puede haber."  I've never seen or heard it expressed that
way as the reflexive.


Charlie