{"id":3218,"date":"2019-11-07T02:01:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T02:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-grammar\/chinese-grammar-negation-of-past-actions-mei-meiyou-mei-he-mei-you\/"},"modified":"2019-11-07T02:01:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T02:01:39","slug":"chinese-grammar-negation-of-past-actions-mei-meiyou-mei-he-mei-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/chinese-grammar-negation-of-past-actions-mei-meiyou-mei-he-mei-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese grammar: Negation of past actions mei\/meiyou\u6ca1\u548c\u6ca1\u6709"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Use \u6ca1\u6709 (m&eacute;iy\u01d2u) to negate past actions (to say that someone didn&#8217;t do something, or something didn&#8217;t happen).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: blue; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><var style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Structure<\/strong><\/var><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Usually verbs can be negated with \u4e0d, but that co<em><\/em>nstruction is used for habitual or present actions. If the verb is a<em><\/em>bout an action in the past, though, \u6ca1\u6709 should be used:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">  Subject + \u6ca1\u6709 +&nbsp; Verb<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Examples<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">W\u01d2 m&eacute;iy\u01d2u h\u0113 n\u01d0 de p&iacute;ji\u01d4.<br style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\" \/>  \u6211 \u6ca1\u6709 \u559d \u4f60\u7684 \u5564\u9152\u3002<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(0, 98, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">I didn&#8217;t drink your beer.<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Note that you can shorten \u6ca1\u6709 to just \u6ca1:<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">W\u01d2 m&eacute;i q&ugrave;.<br style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\" \/>  \u6211 \u6ca1 \u53bb\u3002<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(0, 98, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">I didn&#8217;t go.<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.200000762939453px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Remember that \u4e86 is not used with \u6ca1\u6709. \u4e86 marks completed actions, whilst \u6ca1\u6709 is used for actions that didn&#8217;t happen. These two don&#8217;t work together. 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