Expressing "once" with "cengjing"

Nível: HSK 5 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

曾经 (céngjīng) is an adverb , and as such comes before verb phrases in a sentence. It adds the sense of "once" having happened (the "once upon a time" meaning of "once"), sometimes translated as "ever." It frequently pairs with 过. When used with action verbs, 曾经 comes before the verb, which is then followed by 过. For psychological verbs , the 过 is optional. Subj. + 曾经 + Verb + 过 (+ Obj.) Sometimes 曾经 is used with 了 rather than 过.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 我们曾经一起去过。 (wǒmen céngjīng yīqǐ qù guò 。): "We have been there together."
• 他说他曾经做过很多傻事。 (tā shuō tā céngjīng zuò guò hěnduō shǎshì 。): "He said he had done many stupid things."
• 我曾经喜欢过你。 (wǒ céngjīng xǐhuān guò nǐ 。): "I used to like you."
• 她曾经想当演员，后来成了全职太太。 (tā céngjīng xiǎng dāng yǎnyuán ，hòulái chéng le quánzhítàitài 。): "She once wanted to be an actor, but later became a full-time wife."
• 为了找亲生父母，她曾经花了很多钱。 (wèile zhǎo qīnshēng fùmǔ ，tā céngjīng huā le hěnduōqián 。): "In order to find her biological parents, she used to spend a lot of money."

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