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(Nǐ yǒu méi yǒu shí jiān?) - Do you have time (or not)?",[56,157,158],{},"Note the A-not-A form is 有没有, not 有不有 - it is built on the only negator 有 accepts. This is a useful sanity check: if you find yourself wanting to write 有不有, the rule has slipped.",[51,160,162],{"id":161},"what-to-internalise","What to internalise",[164,165,166,171,177,182],"ol",{},[63,167,168,170],{},[79,169,54],{}," for possession and 'there is' for existence.",[63,172,173,176],{},[79,174,175],{},"Negate with 没有, never 不有."," This is exceptionless.",[63,178,179,181],{},[79,180,81],{}," when counting: 我有两个孩子.",[63,183,184,187],{},[79,185,186],{},"A-not-A is 有没有",", never 有不有.",[56,189,190,191,88],{},"For the rest of the grammar inventory, see the ",[84,192,194],{"href":193},"\u002Fmandarin\u002Fgrammar\u002Fcheatsheet","Mandarin grammar cheatsheet",{"title":196,"searchDepth":197,"depth":197,"links":198},"",2,[199,200,201,202,203],{"id":53,"depth":197,"text":54},{"id":91,"depth":197,"text":92},{"id":112,"depth":197,"text":113},{"id":137,"depth":197,"text":138},{"id":161,"depth":197,"text":162},"A1-A2","How 有 (yǒu) expresses possession ('I have') and existence ('there is'), the one hard rule that 有 is always negated with 没 and never 不, the 有没有 question, and measure words after 有.",[207,230,248],{"type":208,"instructions":209,"options":210,"items":213},"which-one","Pick the right negator. 有 always takes 没; 是, adjectives, and preference or modal verbs take 不.",[211,212],"不","没",[214,216,218,220,222,224,226,228],{"prompt":215,"answer":212},"我 ___ 有钱。 (I don't have money)",{"prompt":217,"answer":211},"他 ___ 是学生。 (he isn't a student)",{"prompt":219,"answer":211},"我 ___ 喜欢咖啡。 (I don't like coffee)",{"prompt":221,"answer":212},"我们 ___ 有时间。 (we don't have time)",{"prompt":223,"answer":212},"他 ___ 有车。 (he doesn't have a car)",{"prompt":225,"answer":211},"我 ___ 是老师。 (I am not a teacher)",{"prompt":227,"answer":212},"桌子上 ___ 有书。 (there is no book on the table)",{"prompt":229,"answer":211},"她 ___ 喜欢咖啡。 (she doesn't like coffee)",{"type":231,"instructions":232,"items":233},"fill-blank","Complete each sentence with 有 or 没有.",[234,237,240,242,244,246],{"prompt":235,"answer":236},"我 ___ 一个哥哥。 (I have an older brother)","有",{"prompt":238,"answer":239},"他 ___ 钱,所以不能买。 (he doesn't have money, so he can't buy it)","没有",{"prompt":241,"answer":236},"桌子上 ___ 一本书。 (there is a book on the table)",{"prompt":243,"answer":239},"我们 ___ 时间。 (we don't have time)",{"prompt":245,"answer":236},"她 ___ 两个孩子。 (she has two children)",{"prompt":247,"answer":239},"他 ___ 车,所以不能去。 (he doesn't have a car, so he can't go)",{"type":249,"instructions":250,"items":251},"translate","Translate into Mandarin. Remember: 有 is always negated with 没.",[252,255,258,261,264,267,270,273],{"prompt":253,"answer":254},"I have two children.","我有两个孩子。",{"prompt":256,"answer":257},"He doesn't have time.","他没有时间。",{"prompt":259,"answer":260},"Do you have a pen?","你有笔吗?",{"prompt":262,"answer":263},"I don't have any money.","我没有钱。",{"prompt":265,"answer":266},"I have an older brother.","我有一个哥哥。",{"prompt":268,"answer":269},"She doesn't have a car.","她没有车。",{"prompt":271,"answer":272},"Do you have time?","你有时间吗?",{"prompt":274,"answer":275},"There is a book on the table.","桌子上有一本书。","md",[278,281,284],{"q":279,"a":280},"How do you say 'I have' in Mandarin?","Use 有 (yǒu): 我有一本书 (wǒ yǒu yì běn shū, I have a book), 他有钱 (tā yǒu qián, he has money). 有 covers both possession ('I have a car') and existence ('there is a book on the table', 桌子上有一本书). When you count what is possessed, the pattern is 有 + number + measure word + noun: 我有两个孩子 (wǒ yǒu liǎng ge hái zi, I have two children).",{"q":282,"a":283},"Why is 不有 wrong?","Because 有 is the one verb in Mandarin that refuses 不. It is always negated with 没 (méi), giving 没有 (méi yǒu, 'do not have' \u002F 'there is not'): 我没有钱 (wǒ méi yǒu qián, I do not have money). 不有 simply does not exist in the language. This is a hard, exceptionless rule - while most verbs take 不 for the present and 没 for the completed past, 有 takes 没 in all cases.",{"q":285,"a":286},"How do you ask 'do you have' in Mandarin?","Two ways. Add 吗 to a statement: 你有时间吗 (nǐ yǒu shí jiān ma, do you have time?). Or use the A-not-A form built on the 没 negator: 你有没有时间 (nǐ yǒu méi yǒu shí jiān). 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