Use the examples with their context and limits. Recall a sentence before reading the model. Original teaching additions accompany examples adapted from Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning, CC BY-NC-SA); see the course reference provenance.
Read a timetable and say what exists
Find a lesson time and describe a school facility.
Build the meaning
有 states having or existence; its ordinary negative is 没有. 学校有图书馆 and 学校没有游泳池 describe different facilities.
中文课几点开始 asks when the Chinese lesson starts. Match the correct subject and time before answering.
Useful words in context
- 中文课 Zhōngwén kè — Chinese lesson. 中文课九点开始。
- 开始 kāishǐ — begin. 九点开始。
- 有 yǒu — have / there is. 学校有图书馆。
- 没有 méiyǒu — do not have / there is no. 学校没有游泳池。
- 图书馆 túshūguǎn — library. 我去图书馆。
Read for meaning
星期一，中文课九点开始，数学课十点开始。学校有图书馆，没有游泳池。
On Monday, Chinese starts at nine and mathematics at ten. The school has a library but no swimming pool.
Listen to a different passage
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星期二，中文课十点开始。学校有游泳池。
On Tuesday, Chinese starts at ten. The school has a swimming pool.
Speak and write
Ask when a fictional Chinese class starts. Then ask about a library and reply with 有 or 没有.
Write a small timetable note and one sentence about a facility.
One speaking model: A: 中文课几点开始？ B: 九点。 A: 学校有图书馆吗？ B: 有。
One writing model: 星期三，中文课十点开始。学校有图书馆。
- State the weekday and subject.
- State a clock time.
- Use 有 or 没有 for the facility.
Check the distinction: Do not write 不有 for this ordinary absence statement. 没有 can refer to a current situation.