Sentence pattern · Band 2
过: have you ever
动词 + 过
过 after a verb stamps been there, done that: I have been to China, I have eaten dumplings. It is the ever word, experience over a whole lifetime, not one event. The negative 没有 plus verb plus 过 means never once in my life. 了 files one finished event; 过 files the whole resume.
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了 marks one finished meal; asking ever in your life takes 过.
过 rides on the verb's back, right after it; it never trails the object to the end.
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What does 过：经历 mean?
过 after a verb stamps been there, done that: I have been to China, I have eaten dumplings. It is the ever word, experience over a whole lifetime, not one event. The negative 没有 plus verb plus 过 means never once in my life. 了 files one finished event; 过 files the whole resume.
How do you build it?
动词 + 过
What is the most common mistake?
你吃了饺子吗？ → 你吃过饺子吗？
了 marks one finished meal; asking ever in your life takes 过.
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