"你看见了我的行李吗？"

Translation: Have you seen my luggage?

[DING318658]

Did you see my luggage?

[jim140738]

why 看见 ？

[RemieSmith]

Also interested to know this.

[CinnamonTe1]

When used together, 看见 is its own verb. One of its translations is "to catch sight of." In English, "to freeze-dry" is a single verb that is created when two separate verbs are used together.

[vqmalic]

Could baggage be an acceptable translation of 行李? Got "have you seen my baggage?" marked as wrong.

[awunker]

Is there any reason why "Did you see my luggage" is wrong?

[orgat]

It's acceptable English, especially in the US, but it's grammatically wrong.
You should use Present Perfect: "Have you seen my luggage?"

[Ambient_Kai]

"Have you seen my luggage?"

• 你看见了我的行李吗？- CORRECT

• 你看见我的行李了吗？- INCORRECT

I wonder why the second sentence got market incorrect. I changed the position of the 了 on purpose, to try and compare it to a previous, almost identical sentence:

"你看见我的手机了吗？- "Have you seen my cell phone?" - CORRECT

Anyone care to have a go and explain why the 了 works fine before the 吗 in the 手机 sentence, but is 'forced' to appear after 看见 to have the 行李 sentence marked correct?

The result is basically the same. In English, that is.

[Karoliina765050]

'Suitcase' could be accepted as well, instead of 'luggage'...?

[canhhoamai]

Should this be translated as "did you see my luggage" instead of "Have you seen my luggage"?

[MicahLiuba1]

Please return to the slidable answer format so we can check our errors

[Wallace863554]

Could we have used 看过了 instead of 看见?

[Rhino143182]

That would mean "have you seen my luggage before?" which is a bit of an odd question.

过 is used to describe a past experience. Such as 我去过了中国一次 "I have been to China once before" or 你看过那部电影吗？"have you (ever) seen that movie before?"