"你上个周末做了什么？"
Translation:What did you do last weekend?
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It is to show past tense. It also can show a change of state in present tense, but in this sentence it turns 'do' into 'did do'
Why do you put 了 after 做 here but in the previous example you don't put 了 after 在? It is obvious from saying last weekend (上个周末) that this is a completed action in the past, so why is 了 required here but not after 在?
I think it's because 'do' is a verb, but 'at' isn't, so it can't be past tense.
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In Chinese, 在 is a verb. Although It is normal to say just "at" in English, it literally means "to be located at."
I can't really comment on the previous example with 在 without knowing the full sentence. It is possible to talk about the past without using 了, especially when a time adverb is in the past. However, sometimes Chinese people use certain characters optionally if it creates a better sound or rhythm to their ear. A native speaker would have a better idea why it's used in this particular sentence.
The audio for 了 is wrong in about 1/2 of the cases, sounds like "liao" rather than "le" and other times, sounds right...very frustrating, they really should fix it.
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了 has two spellings. le is the correct one here. liǎo is the alternate spelling with different meanings.
Then their automatic voice generator for the female voice intonated the other pronunciation (liǎo instead of le) and they wrongly inserted that audio here.
昨，as in 昨天，is yesterday. While 上个 means last in a context like last week, last month, etc...
If you were to use a word that uses a different measure word than 个, would you put that measure word after 上 instead?
Do you mean, say, "last book"? It would be OK to say "上一本书."
"上本书," however, sounds a bit weird.
"What did you do on the weekend" implies the last weekend, but I got it marked wrong.
Im not english speaking native but isnt: What did you do THE last weekend. Also a right answer?
Not past tense, but perfect aspect. I myself think that when to use "了" can be a profound "art" for foreigners so please ask experts for details :p
It's not correct english, it would make sense if you changed it to What did you do last weekend?
where is "last" in the chinese sentence, and why is "what did you do at the weekend" wrong?
The le is probably false spoken like liau. Probably a data error. (3rd char from behind)
Use google tranlator: https://translate.google.de/?sl=zh-CN&tl=de&text=做%0A&op=translate Or for more details: https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details/?word=做