Question

Explain the charcteristics of an existential sentence dealing with the emergence or disappearance of a situation Yufa 171

Accepted Answer

'Location/time + verb + indefinite noun,' where

1) 在 does not appear before location/time

2) The verb indicates the emergence or disappearance of the noun

3) The noun that follows the verb must be indefinite

(Different from a subjectless sentence in that subjectless sentences usually start without a location/time, existential sentences do not)

我们班这学期转走了三个学生，转来了两个。

Front	Explain the charcteristics of an existential sentence dealing with the emergence or disappearance of a situation
Back	'Location/time + verb + indefinite noun,' where 1) 在 does not appear before location/time 2) The verb indicates the emergence or disappearance of the noun 3) The noun that follows the verb must be indefinite (Different from a subjectless sentence in that subjectless sentences usually start without a location/time, existential sentences do not) 我们班这学期转走了三个学生，转来了两个。
Page	Yufa 171

Verb Existential Sentence Emergence Disappearance Indefinite Noun Subjectless