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Vocabulary list: Using 了 (le) and 过 (guò) in Chinese grammar 语法：了、过

The words and example sentences of the grammar article “Using 了 (le) and 过 (guò) in Chinese grammar”, in the order the article uses them.

36 words and 18 example sentences.

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Words 词

  1. 了(le) marks a completed action
  2. 过(guo) (experienced action marker)
  3. 太(tài)好(hǎo)了(le) very good
  4. 我(wǒ) I
  5. 不(bù) no
  6. 吸(xī)烟(yān) to smoke
  7. 到(dào) to reach
  8. 之(zhī)后(hòu) after
  9. 打(dǎ) a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings
  10. 个(gè) (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  11. 电(diàn)话(huà) telephone
  12. 给(gěi) to give
  13. 喝(hē) to drink
  14. 没(méi) not
  15. 见(jiàn) to see
  16. 他(tā) him
  17. 去(qù) to go
  18. 中(zhōng)国(guó) China
  19. 她(tā) she
  20. 跟(gēn) with
  21. 说(shuō) to speak
  22. 你(nǐ) you
  23. 吃(chī) to eat
  24. 饭(fàn) cooked rice
  25. 吗(ma) (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
  26. 收(shōu) to receive
  27. 垃(lā)圾(jī) trash
  28. 的(de) marks possession and modification
  29. 人(rén) person
  30. 来(lái) to come
  31. 至(zhì)少(shǎo) at least
  32. 试(shì) to test
  33. 已(yǐ)经(jīng) already
  34. 是(shì) to be
  35. 才(cái) ability
  36. 出(chū)发(fā) to set off

Example sentences 例句

  1. 太好了！

    Tàihǎole!

    Great!

  2. 我不吸烟了。

    Wǒ bù xīyānle.

    I don't smoke anymore.

  3. 到了之后，打个电话给我。

    Dàole zhīhòu, dǎ gè diànhuà gěi wǒ.

    Phone me once you've arrived.

  4. 我喝不了了。

    Wǒ hē bù liǎo le.

    I can't drink any more.

  5. 我没见过他。

    Wǒ méi jiànguo tā.

    I haven't seen him before.

  6. 我去过中国。

    Wǒ qùguo Zhōngguó.

    I've been to China.

  7. 她去了两次。

    Tā qùle liǎngcì.

    She went twice.

  8. 她去过两次。

    Tā qùguo liǎngcì.

    She's been twice.

  9. 我没跟他说。

    Wǒ méi gēn tā shuō.

    I didn't tell him.

  10. 我没跟他说过。

    Wǒ méi gēn tā shuōguo.

    I haven't told him.

  11. 你吃过饭了吗？

    Nǐ chīguo fàn le ma?

    Have you eaten?

  12. 收垃圾的人来过了。

    Shōu lājī de rén láiguole.

    The rubbish collectors have been.

  13. 收垃圾的人来了。

    Shōu lājī de rén láile.

    The rubbish collectors are here.

  14. 至少你试过了。

    Zhìshǎo nǐ shìguole.

    At least you've tried.

  15. 她去过两次了。

    Tā qùguo liǎngcì le.

    She's been twice now.

  16. 她已经去过两次了。

    Tā yǐjīng qùguo liǎngcì le.

    She's already been twice now.

  17. 我是吃了饭才出发的。

    Wǒ shì chīle fàn cái chūfā de.

    I only set off after I'd eaten.

  18. 我是吃过饭才出发的。

    Wǒ shì chīguo fàn cái chūfā de.

    I only set off after I'd eaten.