"There is no light."

Translation: Det finns inget ljus.

[Andy979623]

Why cant we use är instead of finns here? Presumably the state of no light isn't permanent.

[Qrren]

Yeah I'm also wondering about this one.

[JasonFyshstyx]

I have exactly the same question.

[DaManpede]

Wondering about this as well. Mods?

[limara.deeb]

why can't we say (det finns inte ljus)??

[Lundgren8]

You could, but inte means not and inget means no, so using inget would be a more 1-to-1 translation from English.

[limara.deeb]

oh ok it makes sense now thank you

[bigswedeej]

Based on prior lessons, would ljuset är slut work?

[DaManpede]

There is some overlap, but "the light is gone" doesn't really match the meaning here.