<p>Your sentence along with others in answers are all correct. 
The closest idiomatic one I can think of is 你刚才看到这里出什么事了(did you see what happen here just now). In practice, it can be shortened as: 这里出什么事了? or 出什么事了?. </p>

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2018-08-03T03:21:58.933Z
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dan
<p>你看到发生了什么事吗 is correct without doubt. But I myself prefer to say 刚这里怎么了？ or 你刚看到这里怎么了没？ These two expressions are very colloquial but more natural to me. I think 发生了什么 is more used when we are typing or writing.</p>

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2018-08-03T00:58:45.863Z
2018-08-03T00:58:45.863Z
Toosky Hierot
<p>I would say 你有看到刚刚发生什么事吗？.</p>

<p>Did you see what (just) happened?</p>

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2018-08-03T04:40:52.070Z
2018-08-03T04:40:52.070Z
NoobTW
<p>You could say</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>刚才你看到了吗？</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Or similarly</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>你刚才看到了吗？</p>
</blockquote>

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2018-08-03T00:41:26.113Z
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zyy
<p>I would translate it into “你看到刚刚这里发生了什么事吗？”</p>

<p>“刚刚” refer to something happened just a few minutes before, it a past tense.</p>

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2018-08-03T04:37:15.020Z
2018-08-03T04:37:15.020Z
Whhhhhhhhy
<p>Most answers above are right.</p>

<p>But let me tell you an extremely native expression, esp. in northeast China.</p>

<p>咋的了？</p>

<p>meaning "what happened?"/"What's wrong?"</p>

<p>you can specify the location to eliminate ambiguities.</p>

<p>这(儿)咋的了？</p>

<p>"What happened here?"</p>

<p>Zhe (er) Za de Le?</p>

<p>2 stressed syllables only, simple and easy.</p>

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2018-08-03T14:09:23.970Z
2018-08-03T14:09:23.970Z
Xiaoxiong Lin
<p>For example, if I turn a street corner and find there is some kind of situation, for example a crashed car or whatever, and I want to ask someone nearby if they saw what happened, what should I say?</p>

<p>Is it 你看到发生了什么事吗？or are there any better ways to express this?</p>

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How do I say "did you see what happened?'
# How do I say "did you see what happened?'

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-02)

For example, if I turn a street corner and find there is some kind of situation, for example a crashed car or whatever, and I want to ask someone nearby if they saw what happened, what should I say?

Is it 你看到发生了什么事吗？or are there any better ways to express this?

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## 6 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-08-03. Score: 3

Your sentence along with others in answers are all correct.
The closest idiomatic one I can think of is 你刚才看到这里出什么事了(did you see what happen here just now). In practice, it can be shortened as: 这里出什么事了? or 出什么事了?.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-08-03. Score: 1

你看到发生了什么事吗 is correct without doubt. But I myself prefer to say 刚这里怎么了？ or 你刚看到这里怎么了没？ These two expressions are very colloquial but more natural to me. I think 发生了什么 is more used when we are typing or writing.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-08-03. Score: 1

I would say 你有看到刚刚发生什么事吗？.

Did you see what (just) happened?


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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-08-03. Score: 1

You could say

> 刚才你看到了吗？

Or similarly

> 你刚才看到了吗？


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### Answer by username_5 on 2018-08-03. Score: 1

I would translate it into “你看到刚刚这里发生了什么事吗？”

“刚刚” refer to something happened just a few minutes before, it a past tense.


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### Answer by username_6 on 2018-08-03. Score: 0

Most answers above are right.

But let me tell you an extremely native expression, esp. in northeast China.

咋的了？

meaning "what happened?"/"What's wrong?"

you can specify the location to eliminate ambiguities.

这(儿)咋的了？

"What happened here?"

Zhe (er) Za de Le?

2 stressed syllables only, simple and easy.


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