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Expressing completion with "le"
The particle 了 (le) has a lot of uses. One of the most common is to express the completion of an action. This is called aspect, which is not the same as tense. Tense is about when an action happens: past, present or future. With regards to 了 (le), aspect is about whether the action is complete in a certain time frame.
- Keywords
- 了
- Used for
- Expressing completion · Describing actions · Referring to the past
- Classification
- Particles · HSK1
Examples (15)
他们到了。
我买了。
我们都去了。
我找到了！
我今天吃了早饭。
她上个月去了北京。
中午我见了朋友。
老师问了五个问题。
我买了三本书。
我喝了两杯咖啡。
上个月我去台湾了。
昨天晚上我看见UFO了。
昨天她来我家吃饭了。
我们上周去北京开会了。
我和朋友去商场买衣服了。
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