Chinese grammar online: change of state

_THIS IS A TESTING BETA VERSION OF THE SITE_

To indicate that the situation has changed, is changing or is about to change, we simply put 了 /le/ at the very end of a sentence

CAREFUL: 了 /le/ placed right behind the verb indicates FINISHED ACTION

EXAMPLES

I can’t eat any more.

我吃不下了。

Wǒ chī bùxià le.

He arrived.

他到了。

<Tā dào le.>

TO ARRIVE

Where did they move to?

他们搬到哪里去了？

Tāmen bān dào nǎli qù le?

哪里 / WHERE?

I used to know it before, now I don't know it, it seems I've forgot.

以前我知道，现在我不知道了，我好像忘了。

Yǐqián wǒ zhīdào, xiànzài wǒ bù zhīdào le, wǒ hǎoxiàng wàng le.

My wallet got stolen.

我的钱包被偷了。

Wǒ de qiánbāo bèi tōu le.

被 / BY SOMEONE

I don't want (it anymore), I'm not hungry (anymore).

我不要了，我不饿了。

Wǒ bù yào le, wǒ bù è le.

His attitude to me has changed.

他对我的态度变了。

Tā duì wǒ de tàidu biàn le.

度 DEGREE

It's late, it seems he won't come.

很晚了，他好像不要来了。

Hěn wǎn le, tā hǎoxiàng bùyào lái le.

EARLY - LATE