Sentence pattern · Band 1
没: no to having and to things that did not happen
没（有）+ 动词
没有 covers two different nos: you lack something, as in I have no little brother, or an action did not happen, as in he did not come today. Possession and past events are its territory. Divide the work with 不: 不 refuses things of now and always, while 没有 cancels having and finished actions.
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有 pairs only with 没 and never with 不; that mix sounds like a robot ordering a drink.
Time words sit early, right after the person; yesterday does not get to wait at the end as in English.
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What does 没：否定有和过去 mean?
没有 covers two different nos: you lack something, as in I have no little brother, or an action did not happen, as in he did not come today. Possession and past events are its territory. Divide the work with 不: 不 refuses things of now and always, while 没有 cancels having and finished actions.
How do you build it?
没（有）+ 动词
What is the most common mistake?
我不有时间。 → 我没有时间。
有 pairs only with 没 and never with 不; that mix sounds like a robot ordering a drink.
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