Two 了s
xiao_liang
June 08, 2010 at 11:16 AM posted in Grammar QuestionsHiya
I posted this in a lesson conversation, but it didn't get picked up by staff. I found the sentence 我忘了买肉了 - wǒ wàng le mǎi ròu le - "I forgot to buy meat".
Why are there two 了 in this sentence? Would 我忘了买肉 not suffice? or 我忘买肉了? Could someone explain?
lujiaojie
June 11, 2010 at 01:19 AM
Not always. You can say:
我忘（了）带钥匙了。我忘（了）买东西了。别忘了带钥匙。别忘了买东西。
我忘买肉了 also good.
xiao_liang
June 09, 2010 at 06:10 AM
Thanks for the help lujiaojie - so 忘 always takes 了? Much appreciated!
lujiaojie
June 09, 2010 at 03:29 AM
我忘了买肉了 "忘" is a special verb, the first "了" like a "complement" and don't indicate "completed", so we need a "了“ at the end of sentence.
catherinem
June 09, 2010 at 02:11 AM
I just posted under your other comment but I'll say it here too:
We know this is a problem and we are working to make sure users have the publish/unpublish on their edit post page. This is being worked on as we speak and will allow users to delete their posts. Thank you for your patience.
xiao_liang
June 08, 2010 at 11:42 AM
You can only delete comments, not original posts :-( The pencil icon just takes you to the "edit post" page, which doesn't seem to have an option to delete. Unless I missed it.
paulinurus
June 08, 2010 at 11:41 AM
didnt you use the pencil icon to delete? see catherineem's post. or maybe the crap board striked again!
xiao_liang
June 08, 2010 at 11:27 AM
p.s. Cpod. You REALLY need to sort out how to delete your own posts. Seriously. And you're getting rid of the "posts" page? Are you crazy?
xiao_liang
June 08, 2010 at 11:22 AMOh my god! What the hell happened? How do I delete the other 9 versions of this post?????