{"id":15468,"date":"2019-12-26T23:26:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T23:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-grammar\/chinese-grammar-bu-bu-vs-mei-mei-mei-you-meiyou-2\/"},"modified":"2019-12-26T23:26:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T23:26:28","slug":"chinese-grammar-bu-bu-vs-mei-mei-mei-you-meiyou-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/chinese-grammar-bu-bu-vs-mei-mei-mei-you-meiyou-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Grammar: \u4e0db\u00f9 VS. \u6ca1m\u00e9i\/ \u6ca1\u6709m\u00e9iy\u01d2u"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\u4e0dbù VS \u6ca1méi \/ \u6ca1\u6709méi y\u01d2u<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\t <\/p>\n

\t\u4e0dbù<\/b>
\t<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

\t\u4e0d<\/b><\/span><\/em> bù<\/span> <\/span>is the marker of negation for:<\/b>
\t<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\t1) adjectival verbs, stative verbs, and modal verbs;
\t<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\tMèimei bù \u0261\u0101o.
\t\u59b9\u59b9\u4e0d\u9ad8\u3002
\tYounger sister is not tall.<\/span><\/p>\n

\tW\u01d2 bù x\u01d0huan t\u0101.
\t\u6211\u4e0d\u559c\u6b22\u4ed6\u3002<\/span>
\tI don't like him.<\/span><\/p>\n

\tXi\u01ceoháizi bù k\u011by\u01d0 h\u0113ji\u01d4.
\t\u5c0f\u5b69\u5b50\u4e0d\u53ef\u4ee5\u559d\u9152\u3002
\tKids are not allowded to drink.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t2) <\/strong>action verbs describing present,future,or habitual events<\/b><\/p>\n

\tT\u0101 bù ch\u012b ròu.
\t\u4ed6\u4e0d\u5403\u8089\u3002
\tHe doesn't eat meat.<\/p>\n

\tW\u01d2 bù xué fáy\u01d4.
\t\u6211\u4e0d\u5b66\u6cd5\u8bed \u3002
\tI don't study French.<\/p>\n

\t <\/p>\n

\t\u6ca1méi \/ \u6ca1\u6709méi y\u01d2u<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\t\u6ca1 <\/span><\/strong>méi is the negation word that negates the verb \u6709<\/strong> y\u01d2u<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\tw\u01d2 méi\/ méiy\u01d2u qián.
\t\u6211\u6ca1\/ \u6ca1\u6709\u94b1\u3002
\tI don't have any money.<\/p>\n

\tzhèr méiy\u01d2u\/ méi rén.
\t\u8fd9\u513f\u6ca1\u6709\/ \u6ca1\u4eba\u3002
\tThere's nobody here.<\/p>\n

\tIn additon, \u6ca1 <\/strong>méi or \u6ca1\u6709<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/em> <\/strong>méiy\u01d2u negates action verbs under the following conditions:
\t<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\t1) the action is not complete
\t<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\tW\u01d2 hái méi\/ méiy\u01d2u kàn wán nà b\u011bn sh\u016b.
\t\u6211\u8fd8\u6ca1\/ \u6ca1\u6709\u770b\u5b8c\u90a3\u672c\u4e66\u3002
\tI still haven't finished reading that book.<\/p>\n

\t2) the action did not happen in the past<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\tW\u01d2 zuóti\u0101n méi\/ méi y\u01d2u ch\u012b w\u01cen fàn.
\t\u6211\u6628\u5929\u6ca1\/\u6ca1\u6709\u5403\u665a\u996d\u3002
\tI didn't eat dinner yesterda.<\/p>\n

\t3) when negation occurs at the end of the sentence in verb-not-verb question,\u6ca1<\/b> méi must be followed by \u6709<\/i><\/b> y\u01d2u<\/em><\/p>\n

\tN\u01d0 kànwán le nà b\u011bn sh\u016b méiy\u01d2u\uff1f
\t\u4f60\u770b\u5b8c\u4e86\u90a3\u672c\u4e66\u6ca1\u6709\uff1f
\tHave you finished reading that book\uff1f<\/p>\n

\t=<\/p>\n

\tN\u01d0 kàn méi kàn wán nà b\u011bn sh\u016b\uff1f
\t\u4f60\u770b\u6ca1\u770b\u5b8c\u90a3\u672c\u4e66\uff1f<\/p>\n

\t <\/p>\n

\t <\/p>\n

\t
\t<\/span><\/p>\n