After an action verb, the suffix 了 le expresses that the action is completed.
Structure: action verb + 了 le
| 我 | 看 | 了 | 三 | 张 | 报 | 。 |
| wǒ | kàn | le | sān | zhāng | bào | _ |
| I | look | particle | three | spread | report | _ |
| I, me, my | look, read | grammatical particle of time | three | grammatical measure word for sth flat, spread | report | 。 |
| I have read three newspapers. | ||||||
| 老 | 师 | 喝 | 了 | 一 | 杯 | 茶 | 。 |
| lǎo | shī | hē | le | yī | bēi | chá | _ |
| old | teacher | drink | particle | one | cup | tea | _ |
| teacher | drink | grammatical particle of time | a cup of tea | 。 | |||
| The teacher has drunk one cup of tea. | |||||||