"Sorry, we do not have a bathroom."

Translation: 对不起，我们没有洗手间。

[Sarvash]

When do we use 不 and when do we use 没?

[ReisenII]

You use 不 for every verb except for 有, where you have to use 没 for the negation. It is explained in the Tips and notes section of the Family 1 lession.

[bardia440305]

不 is used whit 是 and in present and future tenses but 没 is used with 有 and in past tense

[Danielle69098]

I found that only 没 negates 有.

[JosiahNill]

不 is used with 是 and 没 is used with 有.

[BobBowles1]

There are at least 3 other popular phrases for 'bathroom' that I believe should be accepted here:

厕所 Cè Suǒ

浴室 Yù Shì

卫生间　Wèi Shēng Jiān

[KX3.]

The other two are correct, but I've never heard of 浴室 used in the context of a restaurant's restroom.

[FaroukRizki]

Do you mean there are different names for different kind of restrooms? Can you please help explain us the differences? Thanks

[Hey.Tea]

厕所 = toilet, 卫生间 = restroom (so 卫生间 is more formal), 浴室 = bathroom (used specifically for showering)

[Milthorpe]

Is 我们 really needed in this sentence?

[KX3.]

Yes, think of it as the staff speaking on behalf of the restaurant.

[GS_no.934]

Do your McDonalds cashier says I instead of we? Like the restaurant only consists of that cashier alone?

[EdwardThor2]

Good question. Answer?

[ktdilsiz]

对不起, 我们没有一个洗手间？ Do we not need 一个 in this situation?

[Yoruji]

If you would use 一个, you would be saying "sorry, we do not have one bathroom", which would be strange in either language. Chinese doesn't have articles like a/the

[Keith_APP]

No. Actually it shouldn't be added.

[alataszaky]

Why 不好意思，我们没有洗手间 is wrong?

[Gabrielle145359]

I think it's ok. I don't think Duo has taught 不好意思 yet in this course, so the expected answer is using the vocabulary that has been taught.

[HKCrazee]

对不起， 我们没有洗手间
Can someone see an error in what I have written?
It was marked incorrect. I copied what I had typed (I don't use the word bank)

[Siddharta08]

I had the same problem.. Also with another exercises. Just avoid using the comma and it will work.. I just did, first said incorrect, then correct.

[marisabel499482]

Same here. I had noticed the comma issue in other exercises but this time it didn't work even after removing it... Had to use the word bank to move on :/

[Hey.Tea]

Did you type a space after the comma?

[marisabel499482]

Hi, Hey.Tea, I tried both with and without the comma, and also with and without the space after the comma, as far as I can remember. This was three months ago, the issue might have been fixed since then, I don't know

[JensAyton]

Specifically, the problem is that you have a space after the (full-width) comma.

[Kwiila]

Looking on Wiktionary, seems like 沒 has an absence connotation whereas 不 is negating. So it makes sense the only verb it applies to is 有 an in "not having" being a literal absence. The original script (small seal?) looks like a hand holding an object under a waterfall, seems like an easy way to lose something. XD

[aaJLNE]

Why is 抱歉 not used here?

[sergiane8]

I don't understand what is wrong with my translation. :(

[guamacide]

衛生間 and 廁所 are more commonly used so they should probably the words taught instead of 洗手間.

[JihadGhaza]

Becouse i don't do (。) so my answer incorrect ?

[Couchmare]

Please oh please accept Traditional again :(

[Dagi275390]

this one is giving incorrect answer for the exact input as the correct answer

[emak02]

Can you use 不好意思 instead of 对不起 in this sentence?

[KX3.]

Yes.

[Nate614568]

Not a phrase you ever really want to hear

[purplelotus88]

I wrote:

对不起， 我们没有洗手间。

What's wrong with it?

[Iaptbal]

Does anyone have an idea why my 对不起, 我们没有洗手间 was rejected ?

[HuaVanKhai]

I think you should have accepted 卫生间 together with 洗手间, as they are commonly used in China.

[WaaDoku]

Why not 不有?

[ReisenII]

有 is the only special case where you negate it with 没 instead of 不.
It is explained in the Tips and notes section of the Family 1 lession.

[fakunduo]

没有 is the default negation of 有. This is ONLY the case for 有，other uses of 没 are essentially negation in the past.