Chinese for English speakers Farm · Lesson 2
What's around here?
Chinese 有 for 'there is' — 你家附近有什么? (What's around your house?) — pattern: place + 有 + thing.
Conversation
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Magicat
你家附近有什么？
nǐ jiā fù jìn yǒu shén me?
What's around your house?
Tip: 附近<fùjìn> = nearby, around here
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Lindo
我家附近有健身房。
wǒ jiā fù jìn yǒu jiàn shēn fáng.
There's a gym near my house.
Tip: 健身房<jiànshēnfáng> = gym, sport hall
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Magicat
有没有动物园呢？
yǒu méi yǒu dòng wù yuán ne?
There isn't a zoo, is there?
Tip: 动物园 <dòngwùyuán> = zoo
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Lindo
没有动物园。
méi yǒu dòng wù yuán.
No, there is no zoo.
Tip: 没 <méi> = adverb that makes negative the verb 有 <yǒu> = to have, there is 不 <bù> = adverb that makes negative most verbs