What's the difference ?
у меня есть вода & у меня нет воды
I don't understand the difference, is it just about plural or the negation ?
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"воды" this is genitive case not plural =) The accent is on "Ы" and if you want to make plural the accent will be on "о"
So this is just "I have water/I don't have water"
This is just a special verb, we don't have "not have" only есть/нет and you should use genitive case after нет.
У меня нет сумки/у меня есть сумка
У меня нет света/у меня есть свет
У него нет сестры/у него есть сестра
У тебя нет денег?/У тебя есть деньги?
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У меня есть вода - I have (some) water.
у Меня нет воды - I have no (any) water.
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It's about negation.
When we say that something is absent we use genitive case (нет брата, нет воды, нет сумки, нет стола). And when we say that there is something we use Nominative case (есть брат, есть вода, есть сумка, есть стол).
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