gāofēngqī zhèlǐ yǒu hěnduō huìyuán.

There are many members here during peak hours.

Breakdown of gāofēngqī zhèlǐ yǒu hěnduō huìyuán.

• 有yǒu: to have
• 这里zhèli: here
• 很多hěnduō: many
• 会员huìyuán: member

Questions & Answers about gāofēngqī zhèlǐ yǒu hěnduō huìyuán.

Why is the sentence ordered as 高峰期 这里 有 很多 会员 instead of something closer to English word order?

A very common Mandarin pattern is:

time + place + 有 + quantity + noun

So here:

• 高峰期 = during peak hours / at peak time
• 这里 = here
• 有 = there is / there are / to have
• 很多会员 = many members

Mandarin often puts the time first, then the location, and then says what exists there. So the sentence structure is very natural in Chinese.

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Why is 有 used here? Does it mean have or there is/there are?

In this sentence, 有 is being used in its existential sense, meaning there is / there are.

So 这里有很多会员 literally means:

• here has many members

But in natural English, that becomes:

• There are many members here.

This is one of the most important uses of 有 in Mandarin:

• 桌子上有一本书。 = There is a book on the table.
• 学校里有很多学生。 = There are many students in the school.

So yes, 有 can mean to have, but in this kind of sentence it means there is / there are.

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Why isn’t 是 used here?