有没有 Do You Have It in Chinese

下午xiàwǔ下雨xiàyǔ了le，我wǒ家jiā没有méiyǒu雨伞yǔsǎn。

It's raining in the afternoon, and my family doesn't have an umbrella.

我wǒ去qù附近fùjìn的de商店shāngdiàn，问wèn服务员fúwùyuán：“你们nǐmen这儿zhèr有没有yǒu méiyǒu雨伞yǔsǎn？”

I go to a nearby store and ask the clerk: "Do you have umbrellas here?"

服务员fúwùyuán说shuō：“对不起duìbuqǐ，没有méiyǒu。”

The clerk says: "Sorry, we don't."

我wǒ又yòu去qù附近fùjìn的de超市chāoshì，问wèn：“这儿zhèr有yǒu雨伞yǔsǎn吗ma？”

I go to the nearby supermarket again and ask: "Do you have umbrellas here?"

超市chāoshì的de服务员fúwùyuán说shuō：“有yǒu，这zhè把bǎ三十sānshí块kuài钱qián。”

The supermarket clerk says: "Yes, this one is thirty yuan."

我wǒ付fù了le钱qián，带dài着zhe新xīn雨伞yǔsǎn往wǎng家jiā走zǒu。

I pay, and carrying my new umbrella, I walk home.

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Key words 生词

雨伞yǔsǎnumbrella

有没有yǒu méiyǒuis there or not; do you have

附近fùjìnnearby

超市chāoshìsupermarket

服务员fúwùyuánclerk; attendant

又yòuagain (already happened)

有没有 + noun？（is there... or not?）

有没有 puts 有 and 没有 back to back to ask a yes/no question about whether something exists or is available, without needing 吗.

你们这儿有没有雨伞？— Do you have umbrellas here?

有 + noun + 吗？（do you have...?）

Adding 吗 after 有 + noun is the more common, simpler way to ask if something is available.

这儿有雨伞吗？— Do you have umbrellas here?

又（again — for something already done）

又 marks a repeated action that has already happened, unlike 再 which is for an action not yet done.

我又去了附近的超市。— I went to the nearby supermarket again.

1. What does 有没有 do in a question?

2. Where does the narrator go the first time to look for an umbrella?

3. What does the narrator do at the end of the story?

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