Difference between revisions of "Negation of "you" with "mei""

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* 我们 <em>没</em> 有 自己的 房子。<span class="trans">We don't have our own house.</span>
 
* 我们 <em>没</em> 有 自己的 房子。<span class="trans">We don't have our own house.</span>
 
* 我 太太 现在 <em>没</em> 有 工作。<span class="trans">My wife doesn't have a job.</span>
 
* 我 太太 现在 <em>没</em> 有 工作。<span class="trans">My wife doesn't have a job.</span>
* 我们 <em>没</em> 有 孩子。<span class="trans">NEED TRANSLATION</span>
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* 我们 <em>没</em> 有 孩子。<span class="trans">We don't have children.</span>
* 我 <em>没</em> 有 房子,<em>没</em> 有 车子,也<em>没</em> 有 女 朋友。<span class="trans">NEED TRANSLATION</span>
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* 我 <em>没</em> 有 房子,<em>没</em> 有 车 ,也<em>没</em> 有 女 朋友。<span class="trans">I don't have a house, a car, or a girlfriend.</span>
* 在 上海, 我 <em>没</em> 有 朋友。<span class="trans">NEED TRANSLATION</span>
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* 在 上海, 我 <em>没</em> 有 朋友。<span class="trans">In Shanghai, I have no friends.</span>
* 这 个 星期,我<em>没</em> 有 时间。<span class="trans">NEED TRANSLATION</span>
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* 这 个 星期,我<em>没</em> 有 时间。<span class="trans">This week, I have no time.</span>
* 这里 <em>没</em> 有 人。<span class="trans">NEED TRANSLATION</span>
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* <em>没</em> 有 狗。<span class="trans">I don't have a dog.</span>
* 我们 公司 <em>没</em> 有 电脑。<span class="trans">NEED TRANSLATION</span>
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* 我们 公司 <em>没</em> 有 电脑。<span class="trans">Our company doesn't have computers.</span>
  
 
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<li class="x">我 <strong>不</strong> <em>有</em> 汽车。</li><span class="expl">NEED EXPLANATION</span>
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<li class="x">我 <strong>不</strong> <em>有</em> 汽车。</li><span class="expl">Never use 不 with 有!</span>
<li class="o">我 <strong>没</strong> <em>有</em> 汽车。</li><span class="expl">NEED EXPLANATION</span>
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<li class="o">我 <strong>没</strong> <em>有</em> 汽车。</li><span class="expl">Always use 没 with 有.</span>
 
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Revision as of 09:57, 6 September 2013

The verb 有 (yǒu) is negated differently from ordinary verbs.

Structure

Nearly all verbs can be negated with 不. The verb 有 (yǒu) is an exception, and must be negated with 没 (méi).

Subject + 没 + 有 + Object

Examples

  • 爸爸 有 手机。Dad doesn't have a mobile phone.
  • 有 钱。He doesn't have money.
  • 我们 有 自己的 房子。We don't have our own house.
  • 我 太太 现在 有 工作。My wife doesn't have a job.
  • 我们 有 孩子。We don't have children.
  • 有 房子, 有 车 ,也 有 女 朋友。I don't have a house, a car, or a girlfriend.
  • 在 上海, 我 有 朋友。In Shanghai, I have no friends.
  • 这 个 星期,我 有 时间。This week, I have no time.
  • 有 狗。I don't have a dog.
  • 我们 公司 有 电脑。Our company doesn't have computers.

Remember that trying to negate 有 with 不 is a classic mistake that many people make in the early stages of studying Chinese:

  • 汽车。
  • Never use 不 with 有!
  • 汽车。
  • Always use 没 with 有.

Never use 不 with 有.

See also

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