"我没有钱。"
Translation:I do not have money.
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"I have no money" For example, I have no money, so I use Duolingo instead of a private tutor XD Fix this
I remember a famous unfixed issue in the French for English speakers course not being fixed for about 5+ years
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Obviously this is a new course for Duolingo, so mistakes like this will be made. I've also reported it.
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Same here, on Feb 27, 2021. I left a comment on this topic, than I realized it's a long story, going on for more than 3 years...
元 is the official name for the main unit of Chinese currency in the RMB system. 钱 is money in general (including all the currency of the world), 块 is a slang term for 元 like quid is to pounds Stirling or buck is to US dollars.
RMB stands for renminbi (人民币) which means "peoples currency" and the standard unit is the yuan renminbi (元人民币), yuan meaning roughly "dollar".
I also thought it could have been "I have no money." That's certainly what I'd mean if I was mugged in China.
Even if you're not rich, you still might have some money, "I am broke" is a more closely related translation but even that still is not the correct translation
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Sorry guys, it's a very basic question, but what is the difference between 不 and 没? Is 有 always accompanied by 没?
没 is the negation of possession or existance, either of a tangible thing like money or a hat or an intangible property like interest or usefulness. 有 indicates existance and 没（有) a lack of existance. 不 by contrast is negation of being. It is used to negate 是 and other verbs. It may seem a subtle distinction between possessing a property and being. In Chinese we don't categorise the same way as we do in English. We can say in English "It is useful", but in Chinese we say "it has use(fulness)" 它有用。
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Hey there. Well, there's a few differences, but to let you know, 不 is more used in the Present or Future, while 没 is in specific situations, like Past, Present Continuous (with 在) or 有. So, as far as my knowledge can tell, 有 is usually preceded by 没 in negative sentences, and I've never seen 不 instead of it. Hope that helps.
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I'm stubborn and tried another way, just to see if it worked. And it didn't. In a proper British English, to have is an auxiliary verb, so it does not use "do" in negative or interrogative constructions. I tried "I haven't got any money", which is how a British person would correctly build the statement, and it turns red for Duo. How about being a little less American in your English?
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When I, an honest to goodness (notice I didn't say "Proper" ) American , lived in London, people mostly said "I'm skint'' when they didn't have coin. The reason I said coin, is that maybe the closest translation is "I don't have coin"... and that is kind of a current slang..".Got no coin bruh!." Ok Mandarin for I'm skint then: 我很瘦... you can thank me now... stop being at war with us Yanks... "Yanks" by the way is a corruption of a Dutch slang.. which translates to; John Cheese!.. JAN KAAS yankees, meaning.. country bumpkin.. hillbilly..simple folk. besides, yer just jealous!
While the sentence might be used in the same way, a strict translation of the Chinese here does not include the word 够 meaning enough. 我的钱不够。would be "I don't have enough money". Depending on context our sentence might be used to mean : 1. I don't have money (right now) 2. I am poor. 3. I don't have enough money (to buy or do what has been suggested )
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Do you think that translating it as "I have no money" should be considered an error? I didn't think so. But according to Duo it is.
I've heard it said as "我没钱", The 有 was omitted. How correct is this please? Can i use both?
Hi my friends! in this sentence, Why does the tone in 没 (mei3) sound like (muò4) ??? 谢谢
