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Experience (V过)

1. Explain it simply

过 after a verb marks an EXPERIENCE - that you have done something before.

我去过中国 means I have been to China at some point.

过 comes right after the verb, before the object: V + 过 + object.

Don't confuse it with 了; 了 marks a completed action, 过 marks past experience.

2. Show examples

我去过中国。

Wǒ qùguo Zhōngguó.

I have been to China.

V + 过

你吃过饺子吗?

Nǐ chīguo jiǎozi ma?

Have you eaten dumplings before?

question with 过

他看过这个电影。

Tā kànguo zhège diànyǐng.

He has seen this movie.

past experience

3. Share a tip

过 goes right after the verb to show experience; putting it after the object or swapping in 了 changes or breaks the meaning.

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