I didn't do anything

[ralphmat123]

How would you say I didn't do anything in chinese? As in if someone asked you what you did over the weekend.

I thought 我没有多什么做

That's probably completely wrong though. Thanks

[Demonic_Duck]

I thought 我没有多什么做

I'm confused as to where you're getting “多” from.

 

The simplest translation is probably “我什么都没做” or “我什么都没干” (gàn). The latter is a little more colloquial. “什么都[没/不]” is equivalent to “nothing”, but goes in front of the verb instead of after it. You could further break it down as “什么” something “都” all “没/不” not. Chinglish translation: “I did not do all of the somethings”.

 

If you're looking for something a bit more colourful, you could also try: “我整个周末都宅在家里” or “我整个周末足不出户”.

 

“宅”: to stay shut up indoors.

“足不出户”: to not set one foot outside the door (this is a 成语).

[ralphmat123]

Thanks for your explanation. I meant to write 都 not 多 but the pinyin is similar! So to say"I did something" would be 我什么都做” ？

[roddy]

That would be 'I did everything'. 

[anonymoose]

You need this.

[ralphmat123]

Thanks for the replies

[wumaoge]

To say "I did something" you can use 我做事了. If you need to say you did a lot of things this weekend, 这个周末我做了很多事情.

As an alternative, you can also say you were busy : 刚才我很忙.

[Demonic_Duck]

“刚才” = just now, you'd only use “刚才我很忙” if you were explaining why you were unavailable a moment before. If you were talking about what you did at the weekend/the last few days, you'd use “这周末”/“这几天”.