Question about negative sentence: 她不是在吃东西 I read in my text book the following sentence: 她不是在吃东西. Shouldn't it be: 她没有在吃东西 or 她没在吃东西? What would the difference be between the three sentences: 1) 她

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Question about negative sentence: 她不是在吃东西 I read in my text book the following sentence: 她不是在吃东西. Shouldn't it be: 她没有在吃东西 or 她没在吃东西? What would the difference be between the three sentences: 1) 她不是在吃东西; 2) 她没有在吃东西 and 3) 她没在吃东西)? Thanks

Jun 16, 2015 10:31 PM

Answers · 7

There might be a slight defference between these two. 她不是在吃东西： The emphasis is that she is doing something else. 她没有在吃东西： The emphasis is on denial. She is not eating.

June 17, 2015

1 means that she does not "eat" something. Maybe she's drinking or doing something else. 2&3 are the same meaning. 沒=沒有。 she isn't eating something.

June 17, 2015

Thanks Yuan!

June 18, 2015

All of them should be correct and same meaning. It is means" she is not eating.". 不是 is like "not" in English, which is a very common response to the negative scentence. 没有/没 reprensent " no" in last two sentences. In Chinese, all these type are ok. But last two is more native.

June 17, 2015

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