יֵשׁ בְּעָיָה

Say yesh like “yesh,” then be-a-YA, with the stress on the final syllable.

Use יֵשׁ בְּעָיָה to say that something is wrong or that a difficulty has come up. You can name what the problem concerns after the expression: יֵשׁ בְּעָיָה בַּמַּחְשֵׁב means “There’s a problem with the computer.” You can also use עִם, meaning “with,” to introduce the thing affected.

יֵשׁ expresses existence, like “there is,” and בְּעָיָה means “a problem.” Hebrew does not use a separate word for “a” here.