"我们经过了那里。"

Translation: We passed by there.

[GregorRick]

How about "We have passed by there. "? Is there a clear distinction between past tense and present perfect?

[Dr_Jerry]

I answered the same thing. The word 过 led me to think that past perfect was implied.

[Gabrielle145359]

I believe in this case 经过 is one word meaning "to pass by", not the word 经 with the 过 particle after it.

[Stefan919627]

Yes, but also in Chinese 了 is the perfective particle, not past tense, so i think "have passed" should be fine as well.

[Richard30914]

Thank you Gabrielle, I was also wondering about that, but pleco says 经过 is a verb meaning pass, go through, undergo

[FridayGree]

Doesn't "went past" mean the same thing as "passed by"?

"We went past there" seems like it means the same thing to me.

[George792719]

Yeah I tried that too, but it was rejected. It means exactly the same thing, but hey it's always the same problem here, no choice in answers. Ridiculous.

[khyap1]

We already passed by there, was not accepted

[Laura146382]

已经 is the word for already and it's not in this sentence, though it could be inferred, I don't think Duo would consider that a correct translation.

[cait312]

How is "We've been there before" not acceptable?

[Brady457693]

Because that would be "我们去过那儿". "经过" means to pass by something.

[Ann55075]

The 那里 audio (male voice) sounds crazy

[Richard30914]

There have been 2 new voices since approx 1st Feb 2022. The female sounds young, really seems to me to shout the words, not always clearly