"There are two books on the table."

Translation: 桌子上有两本书。

[RuhRoh1]

Why wouldn't "有两本书在桌子上" work?

[Lomochibi]

Try to think of it as 'the top of the table has the books'.

[deactivated user]

It should work, but without 有. With 有, it just doesn't work in this particular case.

[LeiFeiRalf]

Location goes before the verb, unless it's a result of the verb.

[AugustoOC]

The main idea always comes lastly

[AugustoOC]

The main idea always comes lastly

[ShannAwesome]

No, 有 is more directly translated as "have" so that sentence would be "have two books on the table" which is an incomplete sentence

[9hSF2]

Yes

[Juan_KW]

Can i say 桌子上有二本書。？