了 le (= particle) at the End of a Sentence

了 le at the end of the sentences expresses that the entire situation which is described in the sentence pictures a change compared with the previous situation.

Action verb

他	不	吃	米	饭	。
tā	bù	chī	mǐ	fàn	_
he	not	eat	rice	food	_
he, him, other	no, not, after negative question: yes	eat	cooked rice		。
He doesn't eat rice.

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他	不	吃	米	饭	了	。
tā	bù	chī	mǐ	fàn	le	_
he	not	eat	rice	food	particle	_
he, him, other	no, not, after negative question: yes	eat	cooked rice		grammatical particle of time	。
He doesn't eat rice anymore.

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Adjective verb

你	很	胖	。
nǐ	hěn	pàng	_
you	very	fat	_
you	very, quite	get fat	。
You are fat.

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你	胖	了	。
nǐ	pàng	le	_
you	fat	particle	_
you	get fat	grammatical particle of time	。
You have become fat.

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Modal verb

他	会	看	报	。
tā	huì	kàn	bào	_
he	meet	look	report	_
he, him, other	future: will, meet, be able to	look, read	report	。
He can read newspapers.

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他	会	看	报	了	。
tā	huì	kàn	bào	le	_
he	meet	look	report	particle	_
he, him, other	future: will, meet, be able to	look, read	report	grammatical particle of time	。
He can read newspapers now.

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Modal verb

他	不	喜	欢	米	饭	。
tā	bù	xǐ	huān	mǐ	fàn	_
he	not	happiness	joyous	rice	food	_
he, him, other	no, not, after negative question: yes	like		cooked rice		。
He doesn't like rice.

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他	不	喜	欢	米	饭	了	。
tā	bù	xǐ	huān	mǐ	fàn	le	_
he	not	happiness	joyous	rice	food	particle	_
he, him, other	no, not, after negative question: yes	like		cooked rice		grammatical particle of time	。
He doesn't like rice anymore.

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