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How to Use 了: Change of State

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ID: 7434 Elementary
  In part 2 of our video mini-series looking at the character 了 le, we anaylse 了2 which is also known as the "change of state le"; when a situation is different to how it was before. For last week's video about the action complete le, click here. Tune in next week for the final episode.
Tue Feb 14 2017 | Constance Fang, Fiona Tian
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了：表示“表示新的情况出现”或是“原来的状况改变”。
le ：biǎoshì “biǎoshì xīn de qíngkuàng chūxiàn ”huòshì “yuánlái de zhuàngkuàng gǎibiàn ”。
le: indicated a new situation or a change in its original state
sentence了。
sentence le 。
sentence le
这个“了”用在句子的最后，可以说是一种“语气助词”，在意思上，表示新的情况出现，在语气上，用来引起注意、提醒、建议、评论、劝告......等等。
zhè ge “le ”yòng zài jùzi de zuìhòu ，kěyǐ shuō shì yīzhǒng “yǔqì zhù cí ”，zài yìsi shàng ，biǎoshì xīn de qíngkuàng chūxiàn ，zài yǔqì shàng ，yònglái yǐnqǐ zhùyì 、tíxǐng 、jiànyì 、pínglùn 、quàngào diǎn diǎn diǎn diǎn diǎn diǎn děngdeng 。
This le is used at the end of sentences. You can say that it's like a modal particle. When used, it indicates a new situation in order to draw attention, to warn, to give suggestions, to make a comment, to give advice...etc.
下雨了！
xiàyǔ le ！
It's raining!
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