了
le
completed-action particle
HSK 1 word · 14 of 150了 in a sentence
- wǒ chī fàn leI have eaten.
How 了 is used
After the verb, it says the action already happened.
我吃饭。→ 我吃饭了。= I have eaten.
At the end of a sentence it can instead mean something has changed: 下雨了 = it has started raining.
It is not a past tense. 明天我就走了 uses 了 about tomorrow.
The negative drops it: 我没吃饭, never 我没吃饭了.
我吃饭。→ 我吃饭了。= I have eaten.
At the end of a sentence it can instead mean something has changed: 下雨了 = it has started raining.
It is not a past tense. 明天我就走了 uses 了 about tomorrow.
The negative drops it: 我没吃饭, never 我没吃饭了.
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