Sentence pattern · Band 1
有: having and there is
A 有 B / 地方 有 东西
有 means have, and it also plays there is: I have an older brother, the house has three people in it. English needs two entirely different structures for those sentences; Mandarin does both jobs with the one word 有. Numbers stack neatly right after it, one counter plus the thing, and no extra glue is needed.
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Mistakes people make
很 decorates adjectives only; 有 counts things by itself and needs no booster.
To say a place lacks something, follow the place with 没有; 是 cannot point out what exists.
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What does 有：拥有与存在 mean?
有 means have, and it also plays there is: I have an older brother, the house has three people in it. English needs two entirely different structures for those sentences; Mandarin does both jobs with the one word 有. Numbers stack neatly right after it, one counter plus the thing, and no extra glue is needed.
How do you build it?
A 有 B / 地方 有 东西
What is the most common mistake?
我很有两本书。 → 我有两本书。
很 decorates adjectives only; 有 counts things by itself and needs no booster.
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