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  12.   <h1>Negation of past actions with "<span class="pinyinst">meiyou</span>" "<span class="hanzist">没有</span>"</h1>
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  14.   <p>Use <span class="hanzi">没有</span> (<span class="pinyin">méiyǒu</span>) to negate past actions (to say that someone <i><b>didn't</b> do</i> something, or something <i><b>didn't</b> happen</i>).</p>
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  20.       <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Negation_of_past_actions_with_%22meiyou%22#Structure"> 1 Structure</a></li>
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  22.       <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Negation_of_past_actions_with_%22meiyou%22#Examples"> 2 Examples</a></li>
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  24.       <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Negation_of_past_actions_with_%22meiyou%22#Go_easy_on_the_.E4.BA.86_.28le.29"> 3 Go easy on the <span class="hanzi">了</span> (le)</a></li>
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  26.       <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Negation_of_past_actions_with_%22meiyou%22#See_also"> 4 See also</a></li>
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  28.       <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Negation_of_past_actions_with_%22meiyou%22#Sources_and_further_reading"> 5 Sources and further reading</a> 
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  31.         <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Negation_of_past_actions_with_%22meiyou%22#Books"> 5.1 Books</a></li>
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  33.         <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Negation_of_past_actions_with_%22meiyou%22#Videos"> 5.2 Videos</a></li>
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  38.   <h3 id="sigil_toc_id_161"><span id="Structure">Structure</span></h3>
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  40.   <p>Usually verbs can be <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Standard_negation_with_bu" title="Standard negation with bu" class="mw-redirect">negated with <span class="hanzi">不</span> (bù)</a>, but that construction is used for habitual or present actions. If the verb is about an action <b>in the past</b>, though, <span class="hanzi">没有</span> (<span class="pinyin">méiyǒu</span>) should be used:</p>
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  43.     Subj. + <span class="hanzist">没有 / 没</span> + Verb
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  46.   <p>Note that you can shorten <span class="hanzi">没有</span> (<span class="pinyin">méiyǒu</span>) to just <span class="hanzi">没</span> (<span class="pinyin">méi</span>).</p>
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  52.       <li><span class="hanzi">我 没有 去 上班。</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ méiyǒu qù shàngbān.</span> <br/>I didn't go to work.</li>
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  54.       <li><span class="hanzi">他们 没有 说话。</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Tāmen méiyǒu shuōhuà.</span> <br/>They didn't speak.</li>
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  56.       <li><span class="hanzi">我 没有 喝 你 的 啤酒。</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ méiyǒu hē nǐ de píjiǔ.</span> <br/>I didn't drink your beer.</li>
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  58.       <li><span class="hanzi">她 没有 看到 你。</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Tā méiyǒu kàn dào nǐ.</span> <br/>She didn't see you.</li>
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  60.       <li><span class="hanzi">我 没有 吃 早饭。</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ méiyǒu chī zǎofàn.</span> <br/>I didn't eat breakfast.</li>
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  62.       <li><span class="hanzi">宝宝 没 哭。</span> <br/><span class="hanzi">有</span>&#160;<span class="vert">has been omitted here.</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Bǎobao méi kū.</span> <br/>The baby didn't cry.</li>
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  64.       <li><span class="hanzi">你 昨天 没 回家 吗？</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Nǐ zuótiān méi huíjiā ma?</span> <br/>You didn't go back home yesterday?</li>
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  66.       <li><span class="hanzi">老板 今天 没 来 吗？</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Lǎobǎn jīntiān méi​ lái ma?</span> <br/>The boss didn't come today?</li>
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  68.       <li><span class="hanzi">老师 今天 没 生气 。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Lǎoshī jīntiān méi shēngqì.</span> <br/>The teacher didn't get angry today.</li>
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  70.       <li><span class="hanzi">妈妈 晚上 没 做 饭。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Māma wǎnshang méi zuò fàn.</span> <br/>Mom didn't cook food this evening.</li>
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  74.   <h2 id="sigil_toc_id_163"><span id="Go_easy_on_the_.E4.BA.86_.28le.29">Go easy on the <span class="hanzist">了</span> (<span class="pinyin">le</span>)</span></h2>
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  76.   <p>One thing you need to remember when using <span class="hanzi">没有</span> (<span class="pinyin">méiyǒu</span>) is that <span class="hanzi">了</span><b> (</b><span class="pinyin">le</span><b>) is not normally used with </b><span class="hanzi">没有</span><b> (</b><span class="pinyin">méiyǒu</span><b>)</b>. <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E4%BA%86" title="了">了 (le)</a> marks completed actions, while <span class="hanzi">没有</span> (<span class="pinyin">méiyǒu</span>) is used for actions that <i><b>didn't happen</b></i> (so of course they're not completed). These two don't work together. This is a very common mistake for beginner learners of Chinese.</p>
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  80.       <li><span class="hanzi"><strike>我 没有 做 了 。</strike></span><br/><span class="pinyin"><strike>Wǒ méiyǒu zuò le .</strike></span></li>
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  82.       <li><span class="hanzi">我 没有 做。</span><br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ méiyǒu zuò.</span> I didn't do it.</li>
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  89.     <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Negation_of_%22you%22" title="Negation of &quot;you&quot;" class="mw-redirect">Negation of "yǒu"</a></li>
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  91.     <li><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Standard_negation_with_%22bu%22" title="Standard negation with &quot;bu&quot;">Standard negation with "bù"</a></li>
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  94.   <h2 id="sigil_toc_id_165">Sources and further reading</h2>
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  99.     <li>Practicing HSK Grammar (<span class="hanzi">语法精讲精炼</span>) (p. 32)</li>
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  101.     <li><span class="hanzi">现代汉语八百词（增订本）</span> (p. 383)</li>
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  103.     <li>Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed) (pp. 138-9)</li>
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  109.     <li>Yoyo Chinese: Negation with <span class="hanzi">没</span></li>
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