<blockquote>
<p>您真的没看到中国女孩说英语吗？<br />
What, you look like you've never seen a Chinese girl speak English before!</p>
</blockquote>
<h2>It needs a 过</h2>
<p>As <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/a/35802/8099">dan</a> and <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/a/35803/8099">Tang Ho</a> indicate, it's missing a 过.  See <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_experiences_with_%22guo%22" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Expressing experiences with &quot;guo&quot;</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>The aspect particle 过 (guo) is used to indicate that an <strong>action has been experienced</strong> in the past.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Compare:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>他没看到我。  He doesn't see me. [perhaps present tense, e.g., 他 could refer to a taxi driver who doesn't see you]</p>
<p>他没看到<strong>过</strong>我。  He has never seen me. [past tense = <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E8%BF%87%E5%8E%BB%E5%BC%8F" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>过</strong>去式</a> in Chinese]</p>
</blockquote>
<p>See <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Result_complement" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Result complement</a> for more about 没看到.  There's also a related question here: <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/8443/what-is-the-difference-between-%e7%9c%8b%e5%88%b0-and-%e7%9c%8b%e8%bf%87">What is the difference between 看到 and 看过?</a></p>
<h2>Other issues:</h2>
<p>After adding in the 过, the Chinese and the given English translation don't match:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>您真的没看到<strong>过</strong>中国女孩说英语吗？<br />
You really have never seen [a] Chinese girl speak English?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>In particular:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>The given Chinese sentence does not imply &quot;you look like&quot;.  To this end, we need some combination of <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E7%9C%8B%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">看起来</a> = &quot;appear&quot; and <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E5%A5%BD%E5%83%8F" rel="nofollow noreferrer">好像</a> = &quot;as if&quot; or <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E5%B0%B1%E5%83%8F" rel="nofollow noreferrer">就像</a> (there's other possibilities like <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E4%BC%BC%E4%B9%8E" rel="nofollow noreferrer">似乎</a>).  But this seems wordy in both Chinese and English.</p>
</li>
<li><p>I feel like there's a mismatch between <a href="https://youdao.com/w/%E6%82%A8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">您</a> (nín), the polite form of &quot;you&quot; and the informal tone of the rhetorical question.  Indeed, by using 您 it sounds like you're asking a serious question.</p>
</li>
<li><p>There's no equivalent to &quot;never&quot; in the Chinese.  It could be included with <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E4%BB%8E%E6%9D%A5%E6%B2%A1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">从来没</a> or <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E4%BB%8E%E6%9C%AA" rel="nofollow noreferrer">从未</a>.  I think 从来 is first encountered when learning Chinese, however.</p>
</li>
<li><p>In this context, I don't see a big distinction between <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E6%B2%A1%E7%9C%8B%E8%BF%87" rel="nofollow noreferrer">没看过</a> and <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E6%B2%A1%E7%9C%8B%E5%88%B0%E8%BF%87" rel="nofollow noreferrer">没看到过</a> here, or even <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E6%B2%A1%E7%9C%8B%E8%A7%81%E8%BF%87" rel="nofollow noreferrer">没看见过</a>.  (There's some websites which discuss <a href="https://www.zhihu.com/question/294011694" rel="nofollow noreferrer">看 vs. 看到</a> and <a href="https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/36133453.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">看 vs. 看见</a>, which seems to indicate all three are okay.)</p>
</li>
<li><p>There is no &quot;What&quot; in the translation.  Literally it's <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88" rel="nofollow noreferrer">什么</a>, but I'd instead suggest <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E5%97%AF" rel="nofollow noreferrer">嗯</a> as a grunt of surprise.</p>
</li>
<li><p>The Chinese is a question, whereas the English is not.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Rhetorical questions using 难道</h2>
<p>A nice way to phrase rhetorical questions is with <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E9%9A%BE%E9%81%93" rel="nofollow noreferrer">难道</a> which means something like &quot;don't tell me that ...&quot;, which takes a bit of getting used to.  See <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Rhetorical_questions_with_%22nandao%22" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Rhetorical questions with &quot;nandao&quot;</a>.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>嗯，你难道从来没看过中国女孩说英语吗？<br />
Oh!  Have you never seen [a] Chinese girl speak English?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I think this captures the spirit of the question well, i.e., expressing surprise and disbelief.</p>

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Hi Becky, what would be a more colloquial way of saying this? The tone being more like Eminem "Y'all act like you never seen a white person before"
ina
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That’s beyond anything I could answer. Perhaps ask another question.
Becky 李蓓
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Becky 李蓓
<blockquote>
  <p>What, you look like you've never seen a Chinese girl speak English before!</p>
</blockquote>

<p>不是, 你这就像从来没见过中国女生说英语一样! [or 你是从没见过中国女生说英语么!?]</p>

<p>"过" is necessary since we used "have seen". So the answer to the title is: no, not good enough. </p>

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xbh
<blockquote>
  <p>you look like you've never seen a Chinese girl speak English before！ // 您真的没看到<strong>过</strong>中国女孩说英语吗</p>
</blockquote>

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hi! do you think that it should omit the dao? `您真的没看过中国女孩说英语吗`
ina
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@ina Yes, you can. But 到 adds a bit emphasis.
dan
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dan
<p>"What, you look like you [<strong>have never seen</strong>] a Chinese girl speak English before! "</p>

<p>"什麼？你看起來就像你[<strong>從未看見過</strong>]中國女孩說英語似的"</p>

<p>"什麼？你看起來就像你[<strong>從未見過</strong>]中國女孩說英語似的"</p>

<p><em>"起" in "看起來" and the second "你" can be omitted; "没" can replace "未" ; "看到" can replace "看見"</em></p>

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<p>Is this a correct translation? Emphasis on being colloquial - the tone similar to Eminem's "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pIvCLVy-mU" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Y'all act like you never seen a white person before</a>"</p>

<p>What, you look like you've never seen a Chinese girl speak English before! 您真的没看到中国女孩说英语吗？</p>

<translation>
Is "Have never seen" translated as 没看到
# Is "Have never seen" translated as 没看到

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-27)

Is this a correct translation? Emphasis on being colloquial - the tone similar to Eminem's "[Y'all act like you never seen a white person before](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pIvCLVy-mU)"

What, you look like you've never seen a Chinese girl speak English before! 您真的没看到中国女孩说英语吗？

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-27. Score: 2

> 您真的没看到中国女孩说英语吗？  
> What, you look like you've never seen a Chinese girl speak English before!

## It needs a 过

As [dan](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/a/35802/8099) and [Tang Ho](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/a/35803/8099) indicate, it's missing a 过. See [Expressing experiences with "guo"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_experiences_with_%22guo%22):

> The aspect particle 过 (guo) is used to indicate that an **action has been experienced** in the past.

Compare:

> 他没看到我。 He doesn't see me. [perhaps present tense, e.g., 他 could refer to a taxi driver who doesn't see you]
>
> 他没看到**过**我。 He has never seen me. [past tense = [**过**去式](http://youdao.com/w/%E8%BF%87%E5%8E%BB%E5%BC%8F) in Chinese]

See [Result complement](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Result_complement) for more about 没看到. There's also a related question here: [What is the difference between 看到 and 看过?](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/8443/what-is-the-difference-between-%e7%9c%8b%e5%88%b0-and-%e7%9c%8b%e8%bf%87)

## Other issues:

After adding in the 过, the Chinese and the given English translation don't match:

> 您真的没看到**过**中国女孩说英语吗？  
> You really have never seen [a] Chinese girl speak English?

In particular:

* The given Chinese sentence does not imply "you look like". To this end, we need some combination of [看起来](http://youdao.com/w/%E7%9C%8B%E8%B5%B7%E6%9D%A5) = "appear" and [好像](http://youdao.com/w/%E5%A5%BD%E5%83%8F) = "as if" or [就像](http://youdao.com/w/%E5%B0%B1%E5%83%8F) (there's other possibilities like [似乎](http://youdao.com/w/%E4%BC%BC%E4%B9%8E)). But this seems wordy in both Chinese and English.
* I feel like there's a mismatch between [您](https://youdao.com/w/%E6%82%A8) (nín), the polite form of "you" and the informal tone of the rhetorical question. Indeed, by using 您 it sounds like you're asking a serious question.
* There's no equivalent to "never" in the Chinese. It could be included with [从来没](http://youdao.com/w/%E4%BB%8E%E6%9D%A5%E6%B2%A1) or [从未](http://youdao.com/w/%E4%BB%8E%E6%9C%AA). I think 从来 is first encountered when learning Chinese, however.
* In this context, I don't see a big distinction between [没看过](http://youdao.com/w/%E6%B2%A1%E7%9C%8B%E8%BF%87) and [没看到过](http://youdao.com/w/%E6%B2%A1%E7%9C%8B%E5%88%B0%E8%BF%87) here, or even [没看见过](http://youdao.com/w/%E6%B2%A1%E7%9C%8B%E8%A7%81%E8%BF%87). (There's some websites which discuss [看 vs. 看到](https://www.zhihu.com/question/294011694) and [看 vs. 看见](https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/36133453.html), which seems to indicate all three are okay.)
* There is no "What" in the translation. Literally it's [什么](http://youdao.com/w/%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88), but I'd instead suggest [嗯](http://youdao.com/w/%E5%97%AF) as a grunt of surprise.
* The Chinese is a question, whereas the English is not.

## Rhetorical questions using 难道

A nice way to phrase rhetorical questions is with [难道](http://youdao.com/w/%E9%9A%BE%E9%81%93) which means something like "don't tell me that ...", which takes a bit of getting used to. See [Rhetorical questions with "nandao"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Rhetorical_questions_with_%22nandao%22).

> 嗯，你难道从来没看过中国女孩说英语吗？  
> Oh! Have you never seen [a] Chinese girl speak English?

I think this captures the spirit of the question well, i.e., expressing surprise and disbelief.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Hi Becky, what would be a more colloquial way of saying this? The tone being more like Eminem "Y'all act like you never seen a white person before"  
> **username_1**: That’s beyond anything I could answer. Perhaps ask another question.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-11-28. Score: 1

> What, you look like you've never seen a Chinese girl speak English before!

不是, 你这就像从来没见过中国女生说英语一样! [or 你是从没见过中国女生说英语么!?]

"过" is necessary since we used "have seen". So the answer to the title is: no, not good enough.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-11-27. Score: 1

> you look like you've never seen a Chinese girl speak English before！ // 您真的没看到**过**中国女孩说英语吗

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: hi! do you think that it should omit the dao? `您真的没看过中国女孩说英语吗`  
> **username_3**: @ina Yes, you can. But 到 adds a bit emphasis.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2019-11-27. Score: 1

"What, you look like you [**have never seen**] a Chinese girl speak English before! "

"什麼？你看起來就像你[**從未看見過**]中國女孩說英語似的"

"什麼？你看起來就像你[**從未見過**]中國女孩說英語似的"

*"起" in "看起來" and the second "你" can be omitted; "没" can replace "未" ; "看到" can replace "看見"*


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