🍜 吃过与去过 (chī guò yǔ qù guò) - Past Experiences with Food and Travel
Learn to talk about past experiences using 吃过 (have eaten) and 去过 (have been to) in Chinese
Chinese lesson from Saturday, June 14, 2025
📚 Part A - Essential Learning
Master using 吃过 and 去过 to talk about past experiences with food and travel.
Perfect for beginners and essential concepts
📚 Key Phrase: 你吃过中国的汤圆吗？ (nǐ chī guò zhōng guó de tāng yuán ma?)
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Grammar Focus
🍜 Using 吃过 (chī guò)
吃过 is used to express that you have had the experience of eating something. It's perfect for talking about foods you've tried.
吃过 is used to express that you have had the experience of eating something. It's perfect for talking about foods you've tried.
Patterns with 吃过:
• 你吃过...吗？(nǐ chī guò... ma?) - Have you eaten...?
• 我吃过... (wǒ chī guò...) - I have eaten...
• 我没有吃过... (wǒ méi yǒu chī guò...) - I have not eaten...
• 你吃过...吗？(nǐ chī guò... ma?) - Have you eaten...?
• 我吃过... (wǒ chī guò...) - I have eaten...
• 我没有吃过... (wǒ méi yǒu chī guò...) - I have not eaten...
你吃过中国的汤圆吗？
nǐ chī guò zhōng guó de tāng yuán ma?
Have you eaten Chinese tangyuan?
我妈妈没有吃过三明治
wǒ mā ma méi yǒu chī guò sān míng zhì
My mother has not eaten a sandwich
✈️ Using 去过 (qù guò)
去过 is used to express that you have had the experience of going to a place. It's perfect for talking about travel experiences.
去过 is used to express that you have had the experience of going to a place. It's perfect for talking about travel experiences.
Patterns with 去过:
• 你去过...吗？(nǐ qù guò... ma?) - Have you been to...?
• 我去过... (wǒ qù guò...) - I have been to...
• 我没有去过... (wǒ méi yǒu qù guò...) - I have not been to...
• 你去过...吗？(nǐ qù guò... ma?) - Have you been to...?
• 我去过... (wǒ qù guò...) - I have been to...
• 我没有去过... (wǒ méi yǒu qù guò...) - I have not been to...
你吃过中国的汤圆吗？
nǐ chī guò zhōng guó de tāng yuán ma?
Have you eaten Chinese tangyuan (glutinous rice balls)?
¿Has comido tāngyuán (bolitas de arroz glutinoso chinas)?
词汇 Vocabulary Practice
Practice writing the phrases from today's Chinese lesson!
你吃过中国的汤圆吗？
nǐ chī guò zhōng guó de tāng yuán ma?
English:
Have you eaten Chinese tangyuan (glutinous rice balls)?
Español:
¿Has comido tāngyuán (bolitas de arroz glutinoso chinas)?
你吃过三文鱼吗？
nǐ chī guò sān wén yú ma?
English:
Have you eaten salmon?
Español:
¿Has comido salmón?
你吃过日本的海豚鱼吗？
nǐ chī guò rì běn de hǎi tún yú ma?
English:
Have you eaten Japanese dolphin fish?
Español:
¿Has comido delfín japonés?
我妈妈没有吃过三明治
wǒ mā ma méi yǒu chī guò sān míng zhì
English:
My mother has not eaten a sandwich
Español:
Mi madre no ha comido sándwich
你去过日本吗？
nǐ qù guò rì běn ma?
English:
Have you been to Japan?
Español:
¿Has estado en Japón?
我没有去过法国
wǒ méi yǒu qù guò fǎ guó
English:
I have not been to France
Español:
No he estado en Francia
我没有去过意大利的米兰
wǒ méi yǒu qù guò yì dà lì de mǐ lán
English:
I have not been to Milan, Italy
Español:
No he estado en Milán, Italia
我吃过意大利菜
wǒ chī guò yì dà lì cài
English:
I have eaten Italian food
Español:
He comido comida italiana
吃过
chī guò
English:
have eaten
Español:
haber comido
去过
qù guò
English:
have been to
Español:
haber ido a
文化 Cultural Insights
🍜 In Chinese culture, sharing food experiences is a common way to bond with others. Asking 你吃过...吗？ is not just about food - it's about sharing cultural experiences. Similarly, 去过 questions about travel show interest in someone's life experiences and can lead to great conversations about different cultures and places.
🎯 Part B - Advanced Practice
Ready to master past experiences? Practice real conversations about food and travel using 吃过 and 去过.
For students ready to dive deeper
📖 Reading Practice
🍜 吃过与去过 - Past Experiences
Nǐ chī guò zhōng guó de tāng yuán ma?
你吃过中国的汤圆吗？
Wǒ chī guò sān wén yú, hěn hǎo chī.
我吃过三文鱼，很好吃。
Nǐ qù guò rì běn ma?
你去过日本吗？
Wǒ méi yǒu qù guò fǎ guó, dàn wǒ xiǎng qù.
我没有去过法国，但我想去。
Wǒ chī guò yì dà lì cài, fēi cháng měi wèi.
我吃过意大利菜，非常美味。
📝 Vocabulary from this reading:
吃过
chī guò
have eaten
去过
qù guò
have been to
汤圆
tāng yuán
glutinous rice balls
三文鱼
sān wén yú
salmon
三明治
sān míng zhì
sandwich
日本
rì běn
Japan
法国
fǎ guó
France
意大利
yì dà lì
Italy
米兰
mǐ lán
Milan
📚 Additional Learning Content
❓ Asking about experiences
Use question patterns to ask others about their experiences with food and travel.
Use question patterns to ask others about their experiences with food and travel.
Question patterns:
• 你吃过...吗？- Have you eaten...?
• 你去过...吗？- Have you been to...?
• 你吃过...吗？- Have you eaten...?
• 你去过...吗？- Have you been to...?
❌ Negative experiences
Learn to express that you haven't had certain experiences using 没有.
Learn to express that you haven't had certain experiences using 没有.
Negative patterns:
• 我没有吃过... - I have not eaten...
• 我没有去过... - I have not been to...
• 我没有吃过... - I have not eaten...
• 我没有去过... - I have not been to...
作业 Homework & Practice
📝 Homework for next class:
1. 🍜 Food Experiences: Write 5 sentences about foods you have eaten using 吃过.
2. ✈️ Travel Experiences: Write 5 sentences about places you have been to using 去过.
3. ❓ Ask Questions: Create 5 questions asking others about their food or travel experiences.
4. ❌ Negative Experiences: Write 3 sentences about foods you haven't eaten or places you haven't been to.
5. 🌍 Cultural Exchange: Ask a Chinese speaker about their experiences with Western food or travel.
💡 Real-life Challenge: Practice asking Chinese speakers about their food and travel experiences using 吃过 and 去过!
Practice Checklist:
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