grammar → 未曾
TSUMUGU · TBCL 5 (est.) · 語法
未曾 grammar point · tier 1 · never (have): negated experiential 未曾 (has not ever, up to now)
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Negates the experiential: states an event has not once happened up to now; formal counterpart of 從來沒…過.

Hook inherited from .

Negates the experiential
框 · Frame
[subj] 未曾 [verb] (過)
觸 · Trigger
You want to say something has never happened across the whole span up to now, in a formal or written register.
序 · The move
1Place 未曾 directly before the verb it negates.Is the verb an event that could be looked back on as experience?
2Add 過 after the verb to mark the looked-back-on event, if natural.Does the sentence read as 'has not once V-ed', covering all time up to now?
3Keep the register formal or written.In casual speech, would 從來沒…過 fit better? If yes, this is the wrong tool.
例 · Examples
1這篇this (article, classifier 篇)文章article未曾has never once發表publishexperiential: ever
This article has never been published.
界 · Boundary
沒(有)…過
未曾 and 沒…過 both negate experience. 未曾 is formal/written; 沒…過 is the everyday spoken form. Same job, different register.
Bare 未 negates a single not-yet-done event (未完成, still pending). 未曾 adds 曾 to negate the whole prior span — not once across all of it.
不曾
未曾 and 不曾 are near-twins for 'has never'. 不曾 stresses the plain fact it did not occur; 未曾 carries the 'up to now, still not' flavor of 未.
✗ 我未曾去明天。 → ✓ 我未曾去過那裡。 (未曾 looks back over past experience; it cannot point at the future)
✗ 他未曾不來。 → ✓ 他未曾來過。 (未曾 already carries the negation; don't stack a second 不)
✗ 這件事未曾。 → ✓ 這件事未曾發生過。 (未曾 needs the verb it negates right after it; it cannot stand alone)
English 'never' sits as one adverb anywhere; learners drop 過 or place 未曾 loosely. 未曾 must sit immediately before the verb, and the experiential 過 usually follows.