Learn Chinese from the origin: 没/negative prefix for verbs/have not/HSK 1 words/Beginners

Hello, today we are going to learn the character mén. The ancient Chinese character for mén combines the ancient writing for shuǐ, which means water, and shǒu, which means hand. And also the image of the swirl of water indicates that something is sinking into the water and people use their hands to drag it out. So mén, the original meaning is to sink into the water. And the original pronunciation is mò. So we have the saying nán fāng duō mò rén. Nán, south. Nán fāng, the south. Duō, many more. Rén, people. So nán fāng duō mò rén indicates that there are many people who can swim in the South China. So mò was the original pronunciation for mén and nowadays it still has the pronunciation and meaning. And mén is a lighter pronunciation. And also mén extends to other meanings, that is, have not, not. Nowadays, mén, Mandarin Chinese, includes the writing of the radical which represents shuǐ and jì and yòu. The ancient Chinese character's writing for yòu is very similar to the writing for shǒu. So in Mandarin Chinese character for mén, it includes the part yòu. Okay, please read after me. Mén, mén, mén, have not, not. The main usage for mén is the negative prefix for verb. So we often use the pattern mén and the verb to indicate haven't done something. For example, wǒ méi chī fàn. Chī fàn, have a meal, eat. Wǒ méi chī fàn. I didn't eat. I haven't eaten. Wǒ méi chī fàn. Wǒ méi yǒu jiě jiě. Yǒu, have. Méi yǒu, don't have. Jiě jiě, elder sister. Wǒ méi yǒu jiě jiě. I don't have any elder sister. Wǒ méi yǒu jiě jiě. There are also some other usage with méi. For example, méi guān xì. Guān xì, relation. Méi guān xì, it doesn't matter. Méi guān xì. Méi shì. Shì, matter. Think. Méi shì has different meanings. Including, it's not important. It's nothing. Never mind. Or, have nothing to do to be free. Méi shì. Okay, that's all for today. See you next time.