Grammar point: completed action
Saying that something finished, which 了 (le) does and an English past tense does not. The two overlap often enough to be worth separating carefully.
- Video lesson: 了 for a completed action, and 了 read liǎo (le) in Mandarin Chinese grammar
- Video lesson: 了 in set patterns, and 了 for a change (le) in Mandarin Chinese grammar
- Using 了 (le) and 过 (guò) in Chinese grammar
- Past events in Mandarin Chinese grammar (there's no past tense!)
- Chinese le grammar summary (了)