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Revision as of 09:23, 2 January 2018

Everyone thinks at first that 了 (le) is best learned as a series of hard and fast rules, similar to how you know what tense to use in Spanish. In reality, though, it's much easier to use 了 as a group of patterns. If you learn all of these patterns progressively, you will naturally start to get a feel for 了.

Expressing Completion

Grammar Point (English) Pattern Examples
Questions with "le ma" Verb + 了 + 吗? 你 吃饭 了 吗
Expressing "already" with just "le" Subj. + Verb Phrase + 了 你 应该 问 老师 。我 问

Common Patterns

Grammar Point (English) Pattern Examples
Expressing "excessively" with "tai" 太 + Adj. + 了  !
Negative adjectives with "-si le" Adj. + 死了 我 今天 累 死了
Superlative "zui" 最 + Adj. (+ 了) 有钱 ?
Expressing "stop doing" with "bie… le" 别 + Verb + 了 ,烦 死了 。

Indicating Change of State

Grammar Point (English) Pattern Examples
Change of state with "le" ⋯⋯了 我 25 岁
Expressing duration with "le" Verb + 了 + Duration 他 在 北京 住 了 两 年