zhèlǐ bù cúnzài zhège wèntí.

not

Breakdown of zhèlǐ bù cúnzài zhège wèntí.

• 这个zhège: this
• 这里zhèli: here
• 问题wèntí: problem

Questions & Answers about zhèlǐ bù cúnzài zhège wèntí.

What is the basic sentence structure here?

The sentence is built like this:

• 这里 = here / in this place
• 不 = not
• 存在 = exist
• 这个问题 = this problem / this issue

So the overall pattern is:

• location + negation + existential verb + noun phrase

A very literal gloss is:

• Here does not exist this problem.

That sounds awkward in English, but it matches the Chinese word order pretty well.

Why is 这里 at the beginning?

Chinese very often puts time or place information near the front of the sentence to set the scene first.

So 这里 tells you the location frame before the main statement is made:

• 这里 → as for here / in this place
• 不存在这个问题 → this problem does not exist

This does not have to be the grammatical subject in the English sense. It is more like a setting or topic.

Why is 不 used instead of 没(有)?