"There are pink bananas."

Translation: Il existe des bananes roses.

[cgottsch]

"ce sont" vs "il existe"?

[BizzLizz]

"Il existe des bananes roses" and "Il y a des bananes roses" .. Do both these sentences mean "There are pink bananas." ? If so, how can I distinguish between them?

[Sisi_rider]

Il existe is more so when you want to make it clear that something ACTUALLY exists. If you want to say for example that 'there are 3 apples on the table', you would use il y a.

[Anna180844]

je ne suis pas d'accord. Vous ne connaissez pas le sens et l'intonation sans aucun contexte. "Il y a" est absolument OK.

[DeannaBrooks]

Wait is this true?

[Andy353763]

Musa velutina. They grow upside down, peel themselves when ripe, and are bright pink. They also have seeds that will break your teeth.

[CommeuneTexane]

Apparently. Pink bananas

[Markta338958]

Why roseS quand l'adejcive rose vient de la fleur rose?

[Adrian768998]

Surely this should be ils existent des bananes roses, as bananas is plural. Does il existe not translate as it exists?

[CommeuneTexane]

Il existe is an impersonal expression in French, like il y a and il faut. It isn't conjugated for plural things.

[Sandib67]

Il y a rather than il exist...both should be accepted