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动态助词"过"

HSK 2Lesson 14
The Particle "过" (Past Experience)
结构Pattern
主语 Subject(没)动词+过 (没) Verb + 过宾语 Object
我去过那个饭馆
安娜吃过羊肉
小美没坐过飞机
你看过这个电影吗?
解释Explanation

"动词+过"表示过去有过这样的经历,常常翻译成"曾经……"。否定形式是"没(有)+动词+过",不用"不"。问别人的经历可以说"……过……吗?"或者"……过……没有?"。

Verb + 过 (guo, neutral tone) says that something has happened at least once in the past, so it's part of your experience: 我去过那个饭馆 "I've been to that restaurant (before)". It doesn't say when; it's about having had the experience. The negative uses 没(有), never 不: 我没吃过羊肉 "I've never eaten lamb". To ask, add 吗 or 没有 at the end: 你看过这个电影吗? / 你看过这个电影没有? Compare 了, which reports that a specific action got done.

例句Examples
  • 我去过学校旁边的那个饭馆。
    Wǒ qùguo xuéxiào pángbiān de nàge fànguǎn.
    I've been to that restaurant next to the school.
  • 小美没坐过飞机。
    Xiǎoměi méi zuòguo fēijī.
    Xiaomei has never been on a plane.
  • 你看过中国电影吗?
    Nǐ kànguo Zhōngguó diànyǐng ma?
    Have you ever seen a Chinese movie?
  • 马克以前没学过汉语。
    Mǎkè yǐqián méi xuéguo Hànyǔ.
    Mark had never studied Chinese before.
练习Practice

Tap chips to arrange them into a correct sentence. Translation: Xiaomei has never been on a plane.

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