Experiantal marker 過 in sentences with multiple verbs

freddy1705
July 04, 2010, 04:30 PM posted in General Discussion

大家好

I have a grammar question. I posted this on the "I have aquestion board" before and there is a small discussion...errm...well, there is one reply.

OK; here goes: The experiential marker guo 過 is added after the verb as we have all learned...

But what if a sentence contains more than one verb. To give an example: "Have you been to this restaurant and tried their food.". We have the experience of going to a place PLUS the experience of trying their food. Having learned Chinese in Taiwan I know that the correct, albeit "台灣國語" version is: 你有沒去那家餐廳吃過她們的菜 nǐ yǒu měi yǒu qù nà jiā cāntīng chīguo tāmen de cài but this is unacceptable in "proper" mandarin.

Would you say 你去過那家飯店嘗過她們的菜嗎  nǐ qùguo nà jiā fàndiàn chǎngguo tāmen de cài or use just one guò and say 你去那家飯店嘗過她們的菜嗎 nǐ qù nà jiā fàndiàn chǎngguo tāmen de cài

or use one guò only and put it behind qù 去 ?

Which one sounds more native?

Thanks for your input

Freddy  阿賓

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xiao_liang
July 05, 2010, 08:27 AM

Hiya, I don't know which sounds more native, but I'd put the 过 after the going verb and not after the other - it just makes more sense to me. 你去过那家饭店尝他们的菜吗?

Perhaps one of the native speakers or Cpod staff could help?

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freddy1705

Hi xiao liang,

I have the same gut feeling but, the native speakers I have asked tend to put guò after the second verb (in this case chǎng or chī)

cheers

A-Bin 阿賓

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xiao_liang

Yea. Turns out they're all right. Ish. See Connie's reply below... :)

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go_manly
July 05, 2010, 08:56 AM

My guess is that the 有没有 before the 去 already tells you that you are talking about the past, so it seems fine to me. We have learned not to use 过 after 没(有).

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freddy1705

go manly,

using 有沒有 to phrase a question about a past event especially instead of using verb plus 了plus 嗎 is typical of (Min influenced?) Taiwanese and southern Chinese Mandarin.

Who taught you that it was wrong to use 過 after 沒有? Consider this:

妳去過中國嗎? 沒去過

cheers A-Bin 阿賓

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connie
July 05, 2010, 09:07 AM

1. 你有没有去那家餐厅吃过他们的菜?

2. 你去过那家饭店尝过他们的菜吗?

3. 你去那家饭店尝过他们的菜吗?

1,2,3都对。但1 .和 3 .比较好; 2.用了两个"过",太复杂了。

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freddy1705

connie,

謝謝妳的解釋.

妳說在我的例子中用"有沒有"是正確的嗎? 我以為這是因為台灣國語受閩南話的印象的關係才有的說法。可不可以 請問一下妳是大陸哪裡人?

祝好

被中文文法困擾的 阿賓

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connie

"有没有"是正确的,它是一种疑问形式,作用相当于"......吗?"

eg, 你有没有去过北京?=你去过北京吗?

我是浙江人。希望你早日不受中文文法困扰。

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freddy1705

connie

謝謝妳

既然如此, 很多學漢語的人所碰到最大的困難不再是問題了. 我當然是指完整狀態 "了" 這個可惡的字...

我問妳說: "妳有沒有買書?" 和 "妳買了書嗎?" 這兩句一模一樣嗎?

還有一個例子想跟妳請教一下

"妳有沒有找到妳要東西?" 和 "妳找到妳要的東西了嗎?" 那一個比較正確?

很多台灣人會選第一句而且回答時可以說 "有" 或 "沒有", 但我的大陸朋友大多數都會選第二句而回答時會說 "找到了" 或 " 沒找到"

其實受中文文法的困擾並不是不好...當成挑戰就好. 活到老學到老!

祝好

阿賓

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connie

1. "你有没有买书?"和"你买书了吗?"是一样的。

2. "你有没有找到你要的东西?"和"你找到你要的东西了吗?"是一样的。

关于回答,我们习惯回答"买了"或"没买","找到了"或"没找到"。

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freddy1705
July 08, 2010, 02:10 PM

謝謝妳的回答. 這樣我以後可以自信地用到 "有沒有+動詞" 這個句型!

從文法陷阱裡被拉出來的阿賓

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Edab

恭喜你啊