<p>你有想要买什么吗. It sounds more like Taiwanese usage of 有 to my ear. I found they often put 有 between <em>subject</em> and <em>verb</em>. E.g. 我有去过；我有看过；where I often just say 我去过；我看过. In this case, I'll probably say  你想要买什么? or 你想要买什么(东西)吗?.</p>

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dan
<p>Are you sure she didn't say &quot;你有什么想要买吗?&quot;  which would be a correct way to say &quot;do you want to buy anything?&quot;</p>
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<p>&quot;你有什么想要买吗?&quot; means &quot;Is there anything you want to buy&quot;</p>
<p>你(you) 有什么(is there something) 想要(want to) 买(buy) 吗?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>~</p>
<blockquote>
<p>&quot;你有想要买什么吗?&quot; means &quot; Have you intended to buy something?&quot;</p>
<p>你(you) 有想要 (have intended to) 买(buy) 什么(something) 吗?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>[有+verb] indicate [perfect tense ]</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<p>想 = intend to</p>
<p>有想 = have intended to</p>
<p>有想過 = had intended to</p>
<p>去 = go</p>
<p>有去 = have gone</p>
<p>有去過 = had gone</p>
<p>看 = see</p>
<p>有看 = have seen</p>
<p>有看過 = had seen</p>

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I actually went back to her and asked and wrote it down to make sure I got it right to put in this question!
hippietrail
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Tang Ho
<p>Chinese is often best understood by what it leaves out.</p>

<p>Maybe it is:</p>

<p>你（有没）有想要买什么？= 你有没有什么想要买的东西？</p>

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Pedroski
<p>关于这个问题，其实很简单。它只是台湾话的一种说法。普通话里没有这个“有”字的用法。
About this question, it is really simple, it is just a Taiwanese exprssion. There is no this usage of 有in Mandarin Chinese.
普通话的“有”字句是这种形式：It is this form of 有-sentence in Mandarin
主语+（动词）有+宾语。 “有”是动词不是助动词，它后边可以带动态助词“过”“了”但不能带补语。
Subject +(verb)有+ object .  有 is not auxiliary verb. It can be followed by dynamic auxiliaries “过”“了”but no complement.
例如：
这个城市有了很大变化。/ 图书馆里有过这本书。
“有”字句的否定形式是：The negative form of 有- setence is always 没有
主语+ 没有+ 宾语   例如：今天我没有时间。
而它的正反问句的形式是：有没有 The affirmative-negativ of the 有-setence
例如：今天你有没有时间？</p>

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Holly zhang
<p>I was going to the convenience store and asked my local friend how to ask in Chinese "Do you want anything?"</p>

<p>Her answer was: 你有想要买什么吗</p>

<p>I wasn't sure what to make of the 有 before the verb 想要 meaning "to want" and as a native speaker she could not explain it though she did understand my questions about its grammatical function.</p>

<p>Is it a kind of auxiliary verb in this sentence? Or is it a case of the <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Taiwanese_%22you%22" rel="nofollow noreferrer">special Taiwanese 有</a> that can be used for some references to the past but which also has other uses? Or is it something entirely different?</p>

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Is the 有 in 你有想要买什么吗 some kind of auxiliary verb?
# Is the 有 in 你有想要买什么吗 some kind of auxiliary verb?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-01)

I was going to the convenience store and asked my local friend how to ask in Chinese "Do you want anything?"

Her answer was: 你有想要买什么吗

I wasn't sure what to make of the 有 before the verb 想要 meaning "to want" and as a native speaker she could not explain it though she did understand my questions about its grammatical function.

Is it a kind of auxiliary verb in this sentence? Or is it a case of the [special Taiwanese 有](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Taiwanese_%22you%22) that can be used for some references to the past but which also has other uses? Or is it something entirely different?

**Tags:** grammar, verbs, syntax, taiwan

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-02-01. Score: 5

你有想要买什么吗. It sounds more like Taiwanese usage of 有 to my ear. I found they often put 有 between *subject* and *verb*. E.g. 我有去过；我有看过；where I often just say 我去过；我看过. In this case, I'll probably say 你想要买什么? or 你想要买什么(东西)吗?.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-02-01. Score: 1

Are you sure she didn't say "你有什么想要买吗?" which would be a correct way to say "do you want to buy anything?"

> "你有什么想要买吗?" means "Is there anything you want to buy"
>
> 你(you) 有什么(is there something) 想要(want to) 买(buy) 吗?

~

> "你有想要买什么吗?" means " Have you intended to buy something?"
>
> 你(you) 有想要 (have intended to) 买(buy) 什么(something) 吗?

[有+verb] indicate [perfect tense ]

Example:

想 = intend to

有想 = have intended to

有想過 = had intended to

去 = go

有去 = have gone

有去過 = had gone

看 = see

有看 = have seen

有看過 = had seen

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I actually went back to her and asked and wrote it down to make sure I got it right to put in this question!  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-02-02. Score: 0

Chinese is often best understood by what it leaves out.

Maybe it is:

你（有没）有想要买什么？= 你有没有什么想要买的东西？


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-01-01. Score: 0

关于这个问题，其实很简单。它只是台湾话的一种说法。普通话里没有这个“有”字的用法。
About this question, it is really simple, it is just a Taiwanese exprssion. There is no this usage of 有in Mandarin Chinese.
普通话的“有”字句是这种形式：It is this form of 有-sentence in Mandarin
主语+（动词）有+宾语。 “有”是动词不是助动词，它后边可以带动态助词“过”“了”但不能带补语。
Subject +(verb)有+ object . 有 is not auxiliary verb. It can be followed by dynamic auxiliaries “过”“了”but no complement.
例如：
这个城市有了很大变化。/ 图书馆里有过这本书。
“有”字句的否定形式是：The negative form of 有- setence is always 没有
主语+ 没有+ 宾语 例如：今天我没有时间。
而它的正反问句的形式是：有没有 The affirmative-negativ of the 有-setence
例如：今天你有没有时间？


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