"What did we do last night?"
Translation:我们昨天晚上做了什么？
66 CommentsThis discussion is locked.
No need in "了" to indicate Past if there is already an adverbial modifier of time ("昨天晚上") indicating Past.
2 years later still not excepted without "了" ... Someone really has to fix it!
468
Because what you did last night you enjoyed so much, it is not completed. You are still doing it? (That would explain the happy faces)
I do strongly agree that it's not a must in Chinese to add 了 to indicate past tense.
I think that 了 (le) is used here to indicate completion of an action (what we did last night is over now)
I wrote "我们昨天晚上做什么了？" In my six years of learning Chinese, I never understood the proper placement of the 了 (le) particle. What are the rules for this?
I think it is not necessary to say LE as there is already a past tense there.
My mind had a brainfart and I've translate "last night" as "上个晚上”. Is it wrong, or should it be accepted? I'm really not sure...
That most likely should be accepted, along with 上晚上 - I've heard people use it. Perhaps report it.
- 1092
I had this too. English is not my first language and I, just in an instant, chose this. It was marked wrong. (8/2019)
Is it not correct to say "我们昨天晚上做什么？" (without the "了")?
Mandarin is my first language, but I immigrated to Canada when I was young, so I never learned proper grammar.
Can you say 昨晚 instead of 昨天晚上 or is that not legit? It was marked wrong for me but I wasn't confident enough to report it.
Pleco dictionary has an entry for 昨晚 with many example sentences. Also, 2021 05 17 Duolingo accepted 昨晚。
干什么 should be more correct than 做什么，and much more natural for chinese speakers. Please allow both...
My answer was 昨天晚上我们做什么？The placement of 我们 can be before or after the timing isn't it? That was what I was taught in school, please advise.
Please could someone explain the construction of 'last night' in this sentence. I don't understand why all 4 characters are needed. Many thanks
Well, i almost can help :-) 昨天 means "yesterday", 晚 means "night." So i guess 昨天晚 means "yesterday night." To be honest, though, i don't understand the role of上 here.
I am sure this would be the first line if there were Chinese version Hangover
So... I wonder what scenarios they were thinking of when deciding the meanings we should learn first.
Will someone please explain the function or necessity of 了 in this answer?
What is the significance of 天? Deepl (auto translate) gives the correct English translation when I try my answer of 我们上个昨晚做了什么
- 435
昨天晚上我们做了什么。should be accepted! Usually if Duo is going to get it wrong he objects to putting the personal pronoun first...in this case WANTS the pronoun first. Sigh. Can't win for losing.
