Which of the following mean that the action of eating has occurred? 1a)Wǒ chīle.我吃了。我吃了 1b)Wǒ chīguo.我吃过。我吃过 1c)Wǒ chīguo le.我吃过了。我吃过了 All of them! Both 了 and 过 give the impression that something has occurred. How do you use...
Did you understand the lesson on 了 well? Now it’s time to test yourself! A) Choose the most probable response in each of the following dialogues. (Translation and answer key at bottom of page.) 1)Māma: Xiǎomíng, shuā...
The following are the examples of 吃 in this lesson, summarising the most important and easily confused traits of 了. Those numbered with ‘A’ are not found in the lesson but added in this list to give...
了 = past tense If you ever hear someone tell you that, you can be quite sure that the person doesn’t understand the language at all, even if they are Chinese! Because 了 ≠ past tense! Looks...
