<p>看上去: It looks like</p>
<p>他们找到了: they found</p>
<p>新的: new</p>
<p>游戏: play</p>
<p>场所: place</p>
<p>看上去他们找到了新的游戏场所.<br />
It looks like they've found a new place to play.</p>
<p>Funny, when I access this forum on my phone (very seldom), I see threads I don't see on my laptop! This one seems a bit old, but it is near the top today!</p>

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2024-09-23T11:39:26.137Z
2024-09-23T11:39:26.137Z
Pedroski
<p>看上去 is a guess/estimate of what you are seeing - it appears, it seems, or it looks like.</p>
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<li>看上去[It appears]他们[they]<strong>找到了</strong>[(have)<strong>found</strong>]新的游戏场所[a new gaming place].</li>
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<p>The verb here is &quot;找到&quot; (to find), with 了 (an aspect particle) helping to indicate the &quot;completion of the action&quot; and &quot;tense&quot;.</p>

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2023-04-29T18:24:18.273Z
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r13
<p>I’m trying to do the analysis of the sentence 看上去他们找到了新的游戏场所. I thought that 看上去 was the verb of the impersonal sentence, and that the object was the subordinate 他们找到了新的游戏场所, but I can’t find anything about impersonal verbs in Chinese.</p>

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2023-09-27T02:06:58.410Z
Don't analyze Chinese with English grammar.
fat penguin
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Is 看上去(他们找到了新的游戏场所) an impersonal sentence (a proposition without a subject)?
# Is 看上去(他们找到了新的游戏场所) an impersonal sentence (a proposition without a subject)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-04-29)

I’m trying to do the analysis of the sentence 看上去他们找到了新的游戏场所. I thought that 看上去 was the verb of the impersonal sentence, and that the object was the subordinate 他们找到了新的游戏场所, but I can’t find anything about impersonal verbs in Chinese.

**Tags:** grammar, verbs

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Don't analyze Chinese with English grammar.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2024-09-23. Score: 1

看上去: It looks like

他们找到了: they found

新的: new

游戏: play

场所: place

看上去他们找到了新的游戏场所.  
It looks like they've found a new place to play.

Funny, when I access this forum on my phone (very seldom), I see threads I don't see on my laptop! This one seems a bit old, but it is near the top today!


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### Answer by username_3 on 2023-04-29. Score: 1

看上去 is a guess/estimate of what you are seeing - it appears, it seems, or it looks like.

* 看上去[It appears]他们[they]**找到了**[(have)**found**]新的游戏场所[a new gaming place].

The verb here is "找到" (to find), with 了 (an aspect particle) helping to indicate the "completion of the action" and "tense".


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