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*我们 公司 <em>没有</em> 一 个 员工 <em>不</em> 会 说 英语 <strong>的</strong> 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen gōngsī <em>méiyǒu</em> yī gè yuángōng <em>bù</em> huì shuō Yīngyǔ <strong>de</strong>.</span><span class="trans">Our company doesn't have a single employee who can't speak English.</span>
 
*我们 公司 <em>没有</em> 一 个 员工 <em>不</em> 会 说 英语 <strong>的</strong> 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen gōngsī <em>méiyǒu</em> yī gè yuángōng <em>bù</em> huì shuō Yīngyǔ <strong>de</strong>.</span><span class="trans">Our company doesn't have a single employee who can't speak English.</span>
 
*他 的 女朋友 <em>没有</em> 一 个 <em>不</em> 漂亮 <strong>的</strong> 。<span class="pinyin">Tā de nǚpéngyou <em>méiyǒu</em> yī gè <em>bù</em> piàoliang <strong>de</strong>.</span><span class="trans">None of his girlfriends were not beautiful.</span>
 
*他 的 女朋友 <em>没有</em> 一 个 <em>不</em> 漂亮 <strong>的</strong> 。<span class="pinyin">Tā de nǚpéngyou <em>méiyǒu</em> yī gè <em>bù</em> piàoliang <strong>de</strong>.</span><span class="trans">None of his girlfriends were not beautiful.</span>
*我们 <em>没有</em> 一 个 <em>没</em> 上 过 大学 <strong>的</strong> 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen jiā <em>méiyǒu</em> yī gè <em>méi</em> shàng guo dàxué <strong>de</strong>.</span><span class="trans">Our family doesn't have a single person who didn't go to college.</span>
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*我们 学校 <em>没有</em> 一 个 学生 <em>没</em> 参加 高考 <strong>的</strong> 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen xuéxiào <em>méiyǒu</em> yī gè xuéshēng <em>méi</em> cānjiā gāokǎo <strong>de</strong>.</span></span><span class="trans">There is no single student who didn't take the college entrance exam in our school.</span>
*学校 的 活动 他 <em>没有</em> 一 <em>不</em> 参加 <strong>的</strong> 。<span class="pinyin">Xuéxiào de huódòng tā <em>méiyǒu</em> yī <em>bù</em> cānjiā <strong>de</strong>.</span><span class="trans">There is no single school activity that he didn't attend.</span>
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*这些 菜 <em>没有</em> 一 <em>不</em> <strong>的</strong> 。<span class="pinyin">Zhèxiē cài <em>méiyǒu</em> yī <em>bù</em> <strong>de</strong>.</span><span class="trans">There is no single one that is not spicy among these dishes.</span>
  
 
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主要分两种,简单的是对能愿动词和谓语动词进行双重否定,较复杂的是对主语和谓语分别进行否定。

Negation before a Negative Word

Structure

Subj. + 不是 + 不 / 没 + Predicate

Subj. + 不 + 会 / 能 / 可能 + 不 / 没 + Predicate

The predicate part of the pattern can be a verb or an adjective.

Examples

  • 来 的 。 huì lái de.There is no way he's not coming.
  • 可能 知道 。 kěnéng zhīdào.There is no way she doesn't know about this.
  • 她 太 害羞 了 ,不是 礼貌 。Tā tài hàixiū le, bù shì lǐmào.She's too shy; It's not that she's not polite.
  • 不是 没有 钱 ,是 不 想 乱 花 钱 。bù shì méiyǒu qián, shì bù xiǎng luàn huā qián.It's not that he doesn't have money; it's just he doesn't want to spend it recklessly.
  • 我 知道 你 想 减肥 ,但是 吃 早饭 。Wǒ zhīdào nǐ xiǎng jiǎnféi, dànshì néng chī zǎofàn.I know you want to lose weight, but you can't not eat breakfast.

Negation before Single Noun

这个结构用于遍指,常常用topic comment。"没有一个人"相当于"没有哪个人"或者"没有谁"。

Structure

没有 + [Single Noun] + 不 / 没 + Predicate + 的

Examples

  • 没有 一 个 人 讨厌 他 Méiyǒu yī gè rén tǎoyàn tā de.There is not one person who doesn't dislike him.
  • 我们 公司 没有 一 个 员工 会 说 英语 Wǒmen gōngsī méiyǒu yī gè yuángōng huì shuō Yīngyǔ de.Our company doesn't have a single employee who can't speak English.
  • 他 的 女朋友 没有 一 个 漂亮 Tā de nǚpéngyou méiyǒu yī gè piàoliang de.None of his girlfriends were not beautiful.
  • 我们 学校 没有 一 个 学生 参加 高考 Wǒmen xuéxiào méiyǒu yī gè xuéshēng méi cānjiā gāokǎo de.There is no single student who didn't take the college entrance exam in our school.
  • 这些 菜 没有 一 个 Zhèxiē cài méiyǒu yī gè de.There is no single one that is not spicy among these dishes.

See also

Sources and further reading

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