Aspect particle
动态助词
Added to verbs to indicate aspect (not the same as tense).
Potential content
- 了
- Verb + 了
- Verb + 了 + object
- Verb + object + 了
- Verb + 了 + quantity
- Verb + 了 + quantity + 了
- Adjective + 了
- Noun + 了
- 着
- Verb + 着
- Verb + 着 + verb
- 过
- Verb + 过
- Some verbs cannot be followed by 过
- 知道
- 以为
- 认为
- 在
- 属于
- 使得
- Adjective + 过
Sources and further reading
- 外国人实用汉语语法(中英文对照) (pp. 131 - 150)
- Practicing HSK Grammar (pp. 121 - 140)