跟…(沒)有關grammar point · tier 2 · relatedness 跟…有關 (be / not be connected to)
States that one thing is tied to another (有關) or cut loose from it (沒…關係); 跟 names the thing it is measured against.
字源 FORM what the parts do
跟 sets one thing beside another, the foot (足) following at the heel. 關 is a bar run through a gate (門): what the same bar threads, it ties together. 有 keeps that tie in hand. 沒 is the negator borrowed from a graph of water (氵) closing over a thing — it drowns the having, and the bar goes undrawn.
故事 STORY a scene to remember it by
Two gates stand side by side; one bar slides through both and locks them as one. Pull the bar out and they swing apart, strangers again.
字源記憶法
框 · Frame
[topic] 跟 [the other thing] 有關 / 沒(有)關係
觸 · Trigger
You want to say one thing turns on another — or flatly deny any link between them.
序 · The move
1Put the thing you are talking about first as the topic.Is the topic the thing whose cause or link you are pinning down?
2Name the other thing after 跟 — the partner it is tied to or against.Could you swap the two sides? 跟 is symmetric; A 跟 B 有關 reads the same as B 跟 A 有關.
3Close with 有關 to assert the tie, or 沒(有)關係 to cut it; drop 太大 in front of 關係 to call the tie small.Tie present → bar drawn → 有關. Tie denied → bar pulled → 沒…關係. Did you pick the side you mean?
例 · Examples
1現代人生病往往都跟with / against壓力有關is connected。一個人會不會賺錢跟年紀沒太大關係has little to do with。
Modern people falling ill is often tied to stress. Whether a person can make money has little to do with age.
跟…有關 names a link without ranking the two; 因為…所以… forces a direction, naming one the cause and the other the effect. 有關 stays symmetric; cause does not.
Bare 跟 joins two doers in one act (我跟你去). 跟…有關 does not act together; it weighs one thing against another for a connection.
✗ 我的病有壓力。 → ✓ 我的病跟壓力有關。 (the partner needs 跟 to be marked, and 有關 to state the tie)
✗ 賺錢不跟年紀有關。 → ✓ 賺錢跟年紀沒(有)關係。 (negate inside the phrase with 沒, not 不 before 跟)
✗ 這件事跟我沒關。 → ✓ 這件事跟我沒(有)關係。 (the negative side takes the noun 關係, not bare 關)
English 'related to / has to do with' uses one preposition; learners reach for a single word and drop either 跟 or 有關. Both brackets are required — 跟 marks the partner, 有關 carries the claim.