<ol>
<li><p>"你看足球比赛吗？" = "do you watch football match?"</p></li>
<li><p>"你看了足球比赛吗？" = "have you watched the football match? <em>" (看 is the verb, 了 is the verb particle indicates 'completion of an action-- 足球比赛 is the object that was being watched)</em></p></li>
<li><p>"你看足球比赛了吗？" put the object '足球比赛' between '看' and its verb particle '了'. that make '看足球比赛' a verb phrase</p></li>
</ol>

<p>If you want to ask if someone watched the football match, #2 and #3 are both acceptable.</p>

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2018-06-21T09:07:52.283Z
2018-06-21T09:07:52.283Z
Tang Ho
<p>People recently are just referring to world cup matches as 球赛 which in English we might just call <em>the game</em>.</p>

<p>You already have the sentence structure down pretty well, so colloquially you could just say:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>(你)看了球赛吗？</p>
</blockquote>

<p>or</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>球赛，(你)看了吗？</p>
</blockquote>

<p>In day to day speaking the orders can be swapped for emphasis or clarity.</p>

<hr>

<p>了 here isn't changing the state to the level that you feel like it is, because you're referring to a specific one ore two matches that have already happened - it's basically phrasing it into the past tenths. </p>

<p>If you remove the 了:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>看球赛吗？</p>
</blockquote>

<p>It sounds like an offer to watch a game together.</p>

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2018-06-23T02:50:03.657Z
2018-06-23T02:50:03.657Z
Mou某
<p>Did you watch the football?</p>

<ul>
<li>你有看足球吗？ (Might also mean: Do you watch football? Depends on context.)</li>
<li>你有看足球比赛吗？</li>
</ul>

<p>Have you watched the game? (about a specific game)</p>

<ul>
<li>你有看那场比赛吗？</li>
<li>你看了那场比赛了吗？</li>
</ul>

<p>But it's more common to ask: 你有看世界杯吗？ Do/Did you watch the World Cup?</p>

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thyu
<p>With the World Cup on, this is a common phrase I want to be able to ask. Is it simply 你看足球了吗？Or 足球比赛？And do I need the 了 in this sentence? Including the 了 makes it feel like I'm asking them "do you watch football these days, as opposed to before when you didn't?" Or should I put the 了 after the 看 instead of at the end of the sentence?</p>

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2018-06-21T09:07:19.803Z
users note (as suggested by question) 看足球 corresponds to "watch the football game"   （看足球比赛) for completed action: 你看了足球吗？ to denote change (new situation) 你看足球了吗？ there also is  你看了足球了吗？（２了） which can be shortened to #2: 你看足球了吗？
user6065
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2018-06-21T10:46:56.850Z
Most likely, I will go 你看足球了吗？， 你看球了吗？or just simply 看球了吗？every body would assume you are referring to the world cup, so there would not be any problems with those omissions.
dan
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看足球 bkrs (Ru) watch the football competition 比赛, 竞赛, although 足球 only means football, also as intermediate 足球比赛 can be shortened to 足球赛 (你想看足球赛吗?)
user6065
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How do I say "did you watch the football?"
# How do I say "did you watch the football?"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-21)

With the World Cup on, this is a common phrase I want to be able to ask. Is it simply 你看足球了吗？Or 足球比赛？And do I need the 了 in this sentence? Including the 了 makes it feel like I'm asking them "do you watch football these days, as opposed to before when you didn't?" Or should I put the 了 after the 看 instead of at the end of the sentence?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: users note (as suggested by question) 看足球 corresponds to "watch the football game"   （看足球比赛) for completed action: 你看了足球吗？ to denote change (new situation) 你看足球了吗？ there also is  你看了足球了吗？（２了） which can be shortened to #2: 你看足球了吗？  
> **username_2**: Most likely, I will go 你看足球了吗？， 你看球了吗？or just simply 看球了吗？every body would assume you are referring to the world cup, so there would not be any problems with those omissions.  
> **username_1**: 看足球 bkrs (Ru) watch the football competition 比赛, 竞赛, although 足球 only means football, also as intermediate 足球比赛 can be shortened to 足球赛 (你想看足球赛吗?)  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2018-06-21. Score: 1

1. "你看足球比赛吗？" = "do you watch football match?"
2. "你看了足球比赛吗？" = "have you watched the football match? *" (看 is the verb, 了 is the verb particle indicates 'completion of an action-- 足球比赛 is the object that was being watched)*
3. "你看足球比赛了吗？" put the object '足球比赛' between '看' and its verb particle '了'. that make '看足球比赛' a verb phrase

If you want to ask if someone watched the football match, #2 and #3 are both acceptable.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-06-23. Score: 1

People recently are just referring to world cup matches as 球赛 which in English we might just call *the game*.

You already have the sentence structure down pretty well, so colloquially you could just say:

> (你)看了球赛吗？

or

> 球赛，(你)看了吗？

In day to day speaking the orders can be swapped for emphasis or clarity.

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了 here isn't changing the state to the level that you feel like it is, because you're referring to a specific one ore two matches that have already happened - it's basically phrasing it into the past tenths.

If you remove the 了:

> 看球赛吗？

It sounds like an offer to watch a game together.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2018-06-24. Score: 0

Did you watch the football?

* 你有看足球吗？ (Might also mean: Do you watch football? Depends on context.)
* 你有看足球比赛吗？

Have you watched the game? (about a specific game)

* 你有看那场比赛吗？
* 你看了那场比赛了吗？

But it's more common to ask: 你有看世界杯吗？ Do/Did you watch the World Cup?


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