"上个星期五他没有出去。"

Translation: He didn't go out last Friday.

[OKAMOTO_Yusuke]

"Last friday he did not go out" should be accepted as well, reported on Nov. 18, 2017.

[Kivolamuzikisto]

"Last Friday he didn't go out." was accepted 12.1.18. (I assume "did not" would be too)

[Charlie788917]

Why do we need 'mei you' here, rather than just 'mei'?

[Hsn626796]

(mei) 每 is every

(Mei you + verb) [ 没有+ verb ] is = " did not X "

(Mei you + noun) is " don't have X"

[Hiiiiiii13]

On HelloChinese, it says to use 没 for past tense negation. My guess would be that this is a short form of 没有 and is also acceptable.

[JGonduolingo]

Read the notes

[Nromanin983]

"Last friday he didn't go out" is also grammatically and literally correct. It should also be accepted.

[Kivolamuzikisto]

It's accepted now.

[Hsn626796]

Can't we use the 了here ?

[xnaut]

Would this be correct?

上個星期五他沒有出去了。

Does 沒有 eliminate the need to put 了 at the end of the sentence?

[deactivated user]

You don't need to put 了 at the end of the sentence, just say 他沒有出去 (he did not go out).
But if the sentence is affirmative: ''He did go out'', then you have to put 了 and say 他出去了。
了to me sounds affirmative to a fact - what is already happened.

[Iwilleatyouall]

Yeah I think with the 了 the meaning would be a bit strange, like, "He didn't complete going out on the weekend."

[panthablack]

Why 没有? I though this usually meant not have? Could someone explain this one?

[Iwilleatyouall]

As someone else mentioned, 没有 is a combination that has a meaning of its own. It can mean "not have" but it can also mean "did not".

[kuyaC]

When something did not happen in the past, do we always use 没有? Never 不。。。了？

[cllay]

他没有出去 = He did not go out. 他不出去了 = (He decided to go out previously, but now he decides that) he will not go out.

[Chingu240798]

He did not go out last Friday.. or any Friday this year, thanks to the coronavirus

[Paul722020]

Last Friday and last week Friday are both acceptable phrases frequently used by native speakers.

[Iwilleatyouall]

I would say "Friday last week" is used by native speakers. Also "On Friday last week" or "Last week on Friday". I don't think I've ever heard, "last week Friday".

[llvistall]

Why 没有 ? can't we use 不 ? [不出去]

[Carmen_Yomisma]

没有 denotes the past tense of the action that is in the negative! 不 is used for the present tense.
I know Chinese doesn't have tenses as we know them, but I still think this is the fastest explanation possible.
More on this 没/不 is explained in the notes at the start of the lessons.

[Leo859566]

can did and n't be combined? might just be me but i feel like its more natural for them to be together.

[JohnDeigha]

"this past Friday" is same as "last Friday"