跟…有关 / 和…有关【gēn … yǒuguān / hé … yǒuguān】

A 跟 B 有关 means A has to do with B. 跟 or 和 + B comes before 有关, the way a place with 在 comes before its verb.

With 的, the whole phrase describes a noun: "books about history", "news to do with the match".

有关系 is the spoken form and can take degree words: 很有关系, 有一点儿关系.

The topic goes before 有关

English puts "to" and the topic after "related". Here the topic sits between 跟 and 有关.

• × 这件事有关他 → 这件事跟他有关

有关 + noun at the head of a phrase does exist in writing – 有关部门 "the departments concerned" – but as the predicate, 跟…有关 is the form.

Negation

有关 is not negated with 不 or 没. Use 没有关系 in speech, or 无关 in writing.

• × 这跟他不有关 → 这跟他没有关系