A2 · ElementaryUnit 7: My Life

Chinese Past Tense

I went, I ate, I saw — talking about yesterday

28 words · 🇨🇳 Chinese📝 Grammar: simple past/preterite

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Vocabulary — 28 words

completed action particle

part

experience particle (have done)

part
上个星期

last week

noun
上个月

last month

noun
去年

last year

noun
没有

did not / have not

adv
已经

already

adv
还没

not yet

adv
第一次

for the first time

adv
试试

to try

verb
前天

the day before yesterday

noun
昨天

yesterday

noun
刚才

just now / a moment ago

adv
刚刚

just / just now

adv
曾经

once / formerly

adv
从来没

have never

adv
开始

to begin / to start

verb
结束

to end / to finish

verb
完成

to complete / to finish

verb
发生

to happen / to occur

verb
遇到

to meet / to encounter

verb
忘记

to forget

verb
记得

to remember

verb
决定

to decide / decision

verb
选择

to choose / choice

verb
改变

to change

verb
花了

spent (time/money)

verb
用了

used / took

verb
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