Three ways to say ‘zero’ 用三種方式說「沒有」

2020年5月22日

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Hi, I’m Sam from BBC Learning English, and today we’re looking at the difference between no, not any and none.

Let’s have a look. Imagine you ask me this question: 「Do you have any change?」

I have zero change, and I can say this in three different ways.

「Sorry, I have no change.」 – where we use the verb ‘have’ with no, followed by a noun.

「Sorry, I don’t have any change.」 – where we have the negative don’t, followed by the verb, followed by any, followed by the noun.

Or I can say, 「Sorry. None at all.」 – where we use none without a verb or a noun. So it’s a short answer.

So now you shouldn’t have any problems with this!

Three ways to say ‘zero’

Do you have any change?
你身上有零錢嗎？

I have zero change.
我一點零錢也沒有。

Or you could say:
你也可以使用以下的這三種表達方式：

1. Verb + no + noun （動詞 + no + 名詞）

2. don’t + verb + any + noun （don’t + 動詞 + any + 名詞）

3. None – without a verb or a noun （直接用單字「none」，不加動詞或名詞）