存现句
Existential sentence: something exists, appears or disappears somewhere
HSK 4HSK 3.0 · 4
Place/time + V + 着/了/complement + quantity + N (indefinite)
An existential sentence starts with a place (or time), then the verb, then what exists or appears: 桌子上放着一本词典 'there is a dictionary on the desk'. The place at the start takes no 在 (*在桌子上放着… is a common error). The noun after the verb is usually indefinite with a quantity (一本书, 很多人), not 那本书. Use V着 for existence as a state (挂着, 站着), and V了/V来 for appearance or disappearance (来了一位客人, 走了两个人).
HSK 4 sentence ordering and picture-based sentence writing.
Examples
桌子上放着一本词典。
There's a dictionary on the desk.
墙上挂着一张中国地图。
A map of China hangs on the wall.
前面走过来一个人。
Someone is walking toward us up ahead.
我们班新来了两个同学。
Two new students have joined our class.
门口站着很多人。
Lots of people are standing at the door.
Exercises
1.墙上挂 一张照片。
2.Choose the correct sentence:
3.我们公司新来 一位经理。
4.门口 很多人。