Grammar pattern · HSK 2

了 for completed events

verb + 了 + object

How it works

Verb-final 了 can present an event as completed in context.

我买了两本书。

Wǒ mǎi le liǎng běn shū.

I bought two books.

Common mistake: 了 does not simply equal the English past tense.

Quick practice

了 after a verb usually shows…