Questions tagged [negation]
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Why do you say 我没有错 instead of 我不错 to say "I'm not wrong"? When should I use 没有?
I'm trying to understand when 没有 should be used instead of 不 when negating a sentence.
Consider the example "I'm not wrong."
Why is it 没有错?
How can I know when to use 没有 when negating a sentence?
谢谢
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Why two 不 in 不得不, when only one "not" in its English translations?
MDBG and ZDIC translate 不得不 as
have no choice or option but to, cannot but, have to, can't help it, can't avoid
"Have to" contains no negator particles! All other translations have merely one negator, either "no" or "not"! Thus why does Chinese…
user11787
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Nouns where the negative demands a different verb
We learned
我對什麼什麼很感興趣
But when I wrote
xx我對明星一點興趣都不感
It was corrected to
我對明星一點興趣都沒有
What are some other nouns that take a different verb in the negative?
Ludi
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Where to put 不 when responding in negative
This question is related to the Verb + Result Complement discussed here, but I think it's different.
Here are my instructions*:
Change the following into interrogative sentences (a) with a potential complement and then give negative answers to them…
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