<p>This is a very interesting question. However, I think the tricky point here is not really about "了", but the word order.
In the first sentence "我去了厨房找饮料喝", if I put 厨房 right after 去了, it is indicating that I want to emphasize on the location where I get a drink. Or let's imagine someone asking "Where did you get your drink?"
So the second one is more natural and it is closer to the answer to "Describing a little thing you do every morning."
Hope this would help.</p>

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2020-02-24T14:45:05.057Z
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lingodeerapp
<p>The best advice I ever got for 了 and 过 was this (hang on to it for reference):</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>了和过的区别</p>
  
  <p>了和过都能用在动词后面。<br>
  了 有表示过去时，现在进行时，将来时的意思。<br>
  如：我去了一趟超市。（过去）<br>
  我睡觉了。（现在）<br>
  我到了给你打电话。（将来）<br>
  过 只表示过去发生的某些事情。不能表示现在时和将来时。<br>
  如：我去过中国。<br>
  了 和 过 的用法是非常相似的，希望你能慢慢体会，多多练习。(ง •_•)ง,加油  </p>
</blockquote>

<p>Therefore, to simply say "了 indicates completed action" is wrong.</p>

<p>我去厨房拿点喝的。<br>
I'm going to the kitchen to get something to drink.</p>

<p>我去厨房拿了点喝的。<br>
I went to the kitchen to get something to drink.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"I just want to say something like </p>
  
  <p>A. "I go to the kitchen and get a drink.""</p>
</blockquote>

<p>A. is perhaps the so-called <strong>historical present</strong>: Talk about something in the past but use the present tense.</p>

<p>or </p>

<p>"I go" means <strong>you haven't gone yet</strong>, or you would write <strong>I went</strong> so you can write:</p>

<p>我去厨房拿点喝的。</p>

<p>or</p>

<p>我去厨房找饮料喝。</p>

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2020-02-28T23:31:00.760Z
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Pedroski
<p>To my understanding, these two sentence may have different meanings:</p>

<p>我<strong>去了</strong>厨房<strong>找</strong>饮料<strong>喝</strong>: I had went to the kitchen. I looked for some (soft) drinks. Maybe I got some drinks, and maybe not.</p>

<p>我<strong>去</strong>厨房<strong>找了</strong>饮料<strong>喝</strong>: I had went to the kitchen. I had found out some (soft) drinks.</p>

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2020-02-28T12:51:50.090Z
2020-02-28T12:51:50.090Z
tsh
<p>Let us break and filter out all the additional parts, and they will be.</p>

<p>1 我找了（饮料）</p>

<p>2 我去了（厨房）</p>

<p>我去厨房找了饮料喝了 is a regular statement.</p>

<p>我去了厨房找饮料喝了。 is stressing on the  place and what you did there. You did not go to the bedroom or other places, and you drank soft drinks, you did not play game or watch tv.</p>

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2020-03-01T05:14:35.687Z
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sfy
<p>The difference is what is "completed and what not" </p>

<p>(A)  我去厨房找了饮料喝 ==  I went to the kitchen and found a drink.</p>

<p>(B)  我去了厨房找饮料喝  ==  I had gone to the kitchen to find / look for a drink.</p>

<p>So,  "...找了饮料喝"  ==   "...found a drink"   (Completed)</p>

<pre><code>  "...找饮料喝"    ==   "...to find / look for a drink"   (not completed)
</code></pre>

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2020-02-24T14:54:27.557Z
找 is "to look for" ，找到 is "to find/ to have found"
fefe
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@fefe, same difference. That being so, I'll edict for completeness sack.
Wayne Cheah
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Wayne Cheah
<p>In one of my stories I wrote:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>我去<strong>了</strong>厨房找饮料喝。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>A student at Nankai changed this to:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>我去厨房找<strong>了</strong>饮料喝。</p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>Question</strong>: What's the difference between 我去厨房找了饮料喝 and 我去了厨房找饮料喝?</p>

<p>I just want to say something like "I go to the kitchen and get a drink."</p>

<p>As usual, I'm perplexed as to what's going on with 了.  I understand they are both the <a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_completion_with_%22le%22" rel="nofollow noreferrer">completion 了</a>, so I'd guess that 去了 would imply I've completed going to the kitchen, while 找了 implies my search for a drink is complete.  I'm uncertain, so hopefully I can get a clearer mental picture here.</p>

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2020-02-24T13:27:01.227Z
I can give you another version: 我去厨房找饮料喝了。
fefe
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2020-02-26T19:38:30.083Z
Both sentences are ok, the difference is the emphasis of the sentence. The full translation could be ```我去了厨房，并且找了杯（罐/瓶）饮料喝。```, but normally we left ```了``` in the sentence only for the emphasis action (compared to the other action in the sentence).
Shaw
<difference><sentence-structure><particles>
了 with two verbs: What's the difference between 我去厨房找了饮料喝 and 我去了厨房找饮料喝?
# 了 with two verbs: What's the difference between 我去厨房找了饮料喝 and 我去了厨房找饮料喝?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-24)

In one of my stories I wrote:

> 我去**了**厨房找饮料喝。

A student at Nankai changed this to:

> 我去厨房找**了**饮料喝。

**Question**: What's the difference between 我去厨房找了饮料喝 and 我去了厨房找饮料喝?

I just want to say something like "I go to the kitchen and get a drink."

As usual, I'm perplexed as to what's going on with 了. I understand they are both the [completion 了](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_completion_with_%22le%22), so I'd guess that 去了 would imply I've completed going to the kitchen, while 找了 implies my search for a drink is complete. I'm uncertain, so hopefully I can get a clearer mental picture here.

**Tags:** difference, sentence-structure, particles

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I can give you another version: 我去厨房找饮料喝了。  
> **username_2**: Both sentences are ok, the difference is the emphasis of the sentence. The full translation could be ```我去了厨房，并且找了杯（罐/瓶）饮料喝。```, but normally we left ```了``` in the sentence only for the emphasis action (compared to the other action in the sentence).  

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## 5 answers

### Answer by username_7 on 2020-02-24. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

The difference is what is "completed and what not"

(A) 我去厨房找了饮料喝 == I went to the kitchen and found a drink.

(B) 我去了厨房找饮料喝 == I had gone to the kitchen to find / look for a drink.

So, "...找了饮料喝" == "...found a drink" (Completed)

```
  "...找饮料喝"    ==   "...to find / look for a drink"   (not completed)

```

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 找 is "to look for" ，找到 is "to find/ to have found"  
> **username_7**: @username_1, same difference. That being so, I'll edict for completeness sack.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-02-24. Score: 2

This is a very interesting question. However, I think the tricky point here is not really about "了", but the word order.
In the first sentence "我去了厨房找饮料喝", if I put 厨房 right after 去了, it is indicating that I want to emphasize on the location where I get a drink. Or let's imagine someone asking "Where did you get your drink?"
So the second one is more natural and it is closer to the answer to "Describing a little thing you do every morning."
Hope this would help.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-02-28. Score: 2

The best advice I ever got for 了 and 过 was this (hang on to it for reference):

> 了和过的区别
>
> 了和过都能用在动词后面。  
> 了 有表示过去时，现在进行时，将来时的意思。  
> 如：我去了一趟超市。（过去）  
> 我睡觉了。（现在）  
> 我到了给你打电话。（将来）  
> 过 只表示过去发生的某些事情。不能表示现在时和将来时。  
> 如：我去过中国。  
> 了 和 过 的用法是非常相似的，希望你能慢慢体会，多多练习。(ง •\_•)ง,加油

Therefore, to simply say "了 indicates completed action" is wrong.

我去厨房拿点喝的。  
I'm going to the kitchen to get something to drink.

我去厨房拿了点喝的。  
I went to the kitchen to get something to drink.

> "I just want to say something like
>
> A. "I go to the kitchen and get a drink.""

A. is perhaps the so-called **historical present**: Talk about something in the past but use the present tense.

or

"I go" means **you haven't gone yet**, or you would write **I went** so you can write:

我去厨房拿点喝的。

or

我去厨房找饮料喝。


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### Answer by username_5 on 2020-02-28. Score: 1

To my understanding, these two sentence may have different meanings:

我**去了**厨房**找**饮料**喝**: I had went to the kitchen. I looked for some (soft) drinks. Maybe I got some drinks, and maybe not.

我**去**厨房**找了**饮料**喝**: I had went to the kitchen. I had found out some (soft) drinks.


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### Answer by username_6 on 2020-03-01. Score: 0

Let us break and filter out all the additional parts, and they will be.

1 我找了（饮料）

2 我去了（厨房）

我去厨房找了饮料喝了 is a regular statement.

我去了厨房找饮料喝了。 is stressing on the place and what you did there. You did not go to the bedroom or other places, and you drank soft drinks, you did not play game or watch tv.


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