Languages / Mandarin / Level 1 · Unit 2

有没有 — Do You Have?

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In this lesson

You are learning do you have?: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (有没有 + 吗 question structure), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.

The scene

Fu 1088 (福 1088), Changning — a celebrated Shanghainese restaurant inside a 1930s French Concession mansion. The menu is in Chinese. You need to ask what's available today.

福1088 — The 1930s Mansion

Fu 1088 occupies a restored 1930s French Concession mansion — twelve rooms, mahogany panels, art deco stained glass, and a menu of Shanghai classics that reads like a history of the city's prosperity. The hairy crab arrives in October. The braised pork belly is served year-round.

The stranger and his colleague are seated in a private room. The waiter in a silk vest appears with the menu. The stranger asks: 「今天推荐什么?」

The waiter lists several dishes. The stranger catches: 红烧肉 (braised pork), 清蒸鱼 (steamed fish). He asks: 「这个辣吗?」 — pointing to a dish. 「不辣的。」

「有没有素食的菜?我朋友不吃肉。」 The waiter nods and describes several options. His colleague says: 「帮我们点菜吧。」 Let the waiter decide. 「好的!」