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"What did you do last weekend?"
Translation:你上个周末做了什么？
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If time can be placed at the beginning of the sentence this should be acceptable. But we have to write the way duolingo wants.
I don't understand why this is not also acceptable without 了since 上个周末 already specifies the specific time as last weekend.
了 is a completed action marker, and should be used to express past tense.
昨天，上个周末，上周末，already stated the past tense, putting 了 after the verb is valid but it isn't necessary imo.
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"le" is used to indicate a completed action or a change in state. Does not necessarily mean past tense though it is often used to represent it.
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Right, perhaps without 了 could be right if something was done (in the last weekend, in this case) and it's still ongoing or not completed.
Someone in another discussion said it could also be used to express future perfect.
There is more about how it can be used in Tips and Notes here on duolingo in the chinese skill Time 2: "In Chinese, 了 le (neutral tone) is a commonly seen character with many uses".
On the question "what did she do last Tuesday?" 上个星期二她做了什么 was an acceptable answer. On this question 上个周末你做了什么 was not accepted. Is this a mistake?
the audio clip for "了" is wrong... it should sound like "le" but in duolingo it sounds like "liao"?!
了 is pronounced as liao3 in phrases like 了解 and 了不起. In this sentence it should be pronounced le, though.
I've noticed before when tapping the single 了 tile, the male voice pronounces it as le, whereas the female voice pronounces it as liao3.
(This is obviously unrelated, but I like your 4341 day streak. :) Have a lingot for it!)
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Shouldn't "你上周末做了什么？" be accepted as well? I thought the measure word is optional, like "下周末".
I've been told that the time can come either before or after the subject.
Why sometimes there is 了 in the past tense, and sometimes there isn't? Is there some rule to it, or just "tradition"? Chinese seems to me a very logical language, generally speaking...
Particles 了 le and 过 guò to indicate past action. I FINALLY found a resource that explained it. - https://www.digmandarin.com/all-video-lessons/grammar-summary-le-chinese and https://www.digmandarin.com/use-le-in-chinese.html
What's the rule on when to use 了? Sometimes I put it in for a past-tense sentence and it's wrong; other times I leave it out when the context makes it clear and it's also wrong.
It's awful!! I'm a Chinese and I've never, I repeat, NEVER seen anyone do that!!
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Hmmmm. In the previous question the word order translated as 'last weekend' was incorrect, so I flipped it around to 'weekend last' in this question. Incorrect. Which is the correct word order, please?
