KiVAKO: Chinese 3 and Chinese Characters 3, 5op
Activity 4a: 语法 Grammar - Expressing experience with "过 guo"
Completion requirements
The perfect tense particle “过 guò” is used to indicate that an action has been experienced in the past.
Affirmative sentence
Subject + Verb + 过 guo + Object
- 你 喝 过 中国 绿茶 吗?
Nǐ hē guò Zhōngguó lǜchá ma
Have you ever drank Chinese green tea? - 我 喝 过 中国 绿茶。
Wǒ hē guò Zhōngguó lǜchá
I have drank Chinese green tea.
Negating a “过 guò” sentence
Because “过 guò” is used to talk about past actions, it should benegated with “没 méi”.
Subject + 没 (有)+ Verb + 过 + Object
- 你 没 去 过 中国 吗?
Nǐ méi qù guò Zhōngguó ma - 我 没 去 过 中国。
Wǒ méi qù guò Zhōngguó
See the following link to learn more about this: Negation of past actions with "meiyou" (Chinese Grammar Wiki)
Affirmative-negative question
Subject + Verb + 过 + Object + 没有
- 你 喝 过 中国 绿茶 没有?
Nǐ hē guò Zhōngguó lǜchá méiyǒu
Have you ever drank Chinese green tea?
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