<p>Past tenths aren't as explicitly stated a lot of times in Chinese as they are in English. </p>

<p>For instance, your question <code>We had a lot of fun</code> could easily be translated as:</p>

<p><em>我们今天晚上玩得很开心</em></p>

<p>we + tonight + play + very + happy</p>

<p>and (assuming that you're not going to parties during the daytime) that would be a perfectly idiomatic, grammatical sentence.</p>

<p>Here <strong>玩得很开心</strong> would be the equivalent of the English <em>had a lot of fun</em>.</p>

<p>Note: 玩 here would <em>sound</em> a lot better er-ized: that is to say 玩儿 and not just 玩.</p>

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上课上得很开心, you can fill it in specifically if you'd like, or 今天真开心 or 今天真好玩儿 if you want something more generalized.
Mou某
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The generic answer you wrote makes sense if the phrase is "had a lot of fun". Just curious, if the phrase is "have a lot of fun", how do you say it in Chinese? The context is: someone is going to a party. I say "Have a lot of fun!". 今天真开心 和 今天真好玩儿 don't sound right to me.
cnwang09
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Have a lot of fun! 玩得开心哟！ or you can say 玩得开心点哟！
Mou某
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2015-03-01T12:43:16.510Z
Is there a more generic saying? 玩得很开心 uses degree complement with the verb 玩. But if the situation is that a student said this to the teacher after a class, 玩 is not applicable.
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<p>I know an English sentence cannot be translated into Chinese word-by-word. So is there a idiomatic way to express the same meaning of "We had a lot of fun" in Chinese? (The context-- someone said this to a party host when he is about to leave the party: Thank you for having us. We had a lot of fun.) </p>

<p>The word "had" is in past tense. So the Chinese equivalent needs to indicate this too. </p>

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When you leave a party you can say to the host,谢谢你们的款待，我们今天真的玩的很嗨。
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What is the Chinese way to say "We had a lot of fun"?
# What is the Chinese way to say "We had a lot of fun"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-01)

I know an English sentence cannot be translated into Chinese word-by-word. So is there a idiomatic way to express the same meaning of "We had a lot of fun" in Chinese? (The context-- someone said this to a party host when he is about to leave the party: Thank you for having us. We had a lot of fun.)

The word "had" is in past tense. So the Chinese equivalent needs to indicate this too.

**Tags:** grammar, vocabulary

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: When you leave a party you can say to the host,谢谢你们的款待，我们今天真的玩的很嗨。  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-03-01. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Past tenths aren't as explicitly stated a lot of times in Chinese as they are in English.

For instance, your question `We had a lot of fun` could easily be translated as:

*我们今天晚上玩得很开心*

we + tonight + play + very + happy

and (assuming that you're not going to parties during the daytime) that would be a perfectly idiomatic, grammatical sentence.

Here **玩得很开心** would be the equivalent of the English *had a lot of fun*.

Note: 玩 here would *sound* a lot better er-ized: that is to say 玩儿 and not just 玩.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Is there a more generic saying? 玩得很开心 uses degree complement with the verb 玩. But if the situation is that a student said this to the teacher after a class, 玩 is not applicable.  
> **username_2**: 上课上得很开心, you can fill it in specifically if you'd like, or 今天真开心 or 今天真好玩儿 if you want something more generalized.  
> **username_0**: The generic answer you wrote makes sense if the phrase is "had a lot of fun". Just curious, if the phrase is "have a lot of fun", how do you say it in Chinese? The context is: someone is going to a party. I say "Have a lot of fun!". 今天真开心 和 今天真好玩儿 don't sound right to me.  
> **username_2**: Have a lot of fun! 玩得开心哟！ or you can say 玩得开心点哟！  

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