CHECK THE ANSWERS HERE: jīn tiān wǒ qù (le) yí ge hěn yǒu míng de shū diàn 1. 今天我去(了)一个很有名的书店。 zuó tiān nǐ kàn (le) shén me diàn yǐng 2. 昨天你看(了)什么电影？ zhè bēi kā fēi wǒ fàng (le) táng (le), nǐ hē ba! 3. 这杯咖啡我放(了)糖(了)，你喝吧！ zǎo shàng wǒ qù gōng yuán pǎo bù (le) 4. 早上我去公园跑步(了)。 wǒ wàng (le) gào su tā (le) 5. 我忘(了)告诉他(了)。 wǒ shí suì de shí hòu jiù rèn shi tā (le) 6. 我十岁的时候就认识他(了)。

@TheGretaoto

4 жыл бұрын

我非常喜欢你的作业.

@alikhalil9728

4 жыл бұрын

I did not understand the 了in the fourth question.

@tescoownbrandlit

4 жыл бұрын

6. - I thought that would be present tense since 认识他 is ongoing relative to the past time period you're talking about. Can someone explain this one?

@Graphite2983

4 жыл бұрын

@@tescoownbrandlit Yeah, I agree with you. I thought it would be a trick question.

@Graphite2983

4 жыл бұрын

In number one, I was not sure if it was the action of going somewhere or if it was the bookstore, because either could have been plausible depending on the topic of the conversation. I understand number two. In number three, I have the same reasons as I mentioned about number one, so although it's still correct according to what you explained, the context is confusing. I can't completely understand number four. For number five, it would make sense if the person saying this sentence would have been asked if he did this particular action yet; I thought 了 would be only at the end because then, it would talk about the fact that they forgot to do something and not just vaguely focusing on the action. In number six, I'm sure you discussed this topic already: when there's a time indicator, the points of view in a conversation (or sentence) shift to that point in time. Therefore, in this sentence, I don't think there should be any 了。 I hope you take this comment positively instead of feeling berated! You might feel both either way, but I suggest more on the positive side. 多谢！

after two years of chinese study I finally understood 了 position, thank you so much and keep doing amazing videos like that!

@ShuoshuoChinese

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

真的很感谢你！！！ 你解释的很清楚！！！

It’s just amazing how you got so many questions that I’ve been curious for a while answered in your videos. Love your channel💕 感谢你！

You explain it all sooooooooo sooo well, thank youuuu

Wow Your videos are amazing! You are simply perfect! I have learned a lot in some minutes, more than the last months. I was always confused about the 了 position. Your videos are very unique. I also like the way you read or talk in Chinese, not too fast, not too slow. We can hear all the tones perfectly. I am your new subscriber!

Your videos are really helpful. Thanks a lot for explanations

Best explanation ever! Thank you very much

I have been looking a lot of videos and books, and here it is a better explanation about 了 usages and collocations。谢谢老师。

Your explanations are excellent.

I've been seriously interested in chinese for about a year now. I know some words very well, but my vocabulary is very small. Either way, this channel is really helping me in terms of grammar and overall concepts, so as my vocabulary slowly expands, I'm already able to use the words with fairly decent grammar. Well, decent grammar for a very novice beginner, anyway. I love this channel.

I’ve watched so many Chinese videos teaching Chinese, but yours are the best by far! Especially for elementary and intermediate level learners:)

Gosh! I'd have been much happier if I'd watched this video before. I've been amazed since I've learned from this video! THX a lot!

Thank you so much for explaining this, it really helped me understand better!

Thank you for these videos, they are some of the best I’ve found for learning Chinese! If I might offer some help with pronouncing the word sixth, it might be easier to read it written as, “sicksth.” I hope that helps.

Hey guys, Ive been studying mandarin for many years and I finally came to understand how 了 is really used after watching a lot of Chinese dramas (Netflix,viki,kissasias) and listening to how it's used in real life convo by natives. This way you will not be translating and thinking the grammar in your head, but it will come naturally to you after some time =）说说，谢谢你的视频！很有帮助的！

谢啦，李老师！我爱你所有的课... 👏

@ShuoshuoChinese

4 жыл бұрын

哈哈！可是我不姓李😂

@danielnm5958

4 жыл бұрын

@@ShuoshuoChinese 哈哈，我错了！😅 我想谢老师，可是我写错了

Brilliant explanation!

awesome, thank you! both videos are very useful

最后我明白了！你的视频很容易理解。谢谢你! ^.^

Great video about 了的用法！

best explanation … I have watched many videos on KZread about where to put “le” and didn’t understand as clear as this video has explained … thanks

对我来说，这真是理解怎样使用“了”顿悟的视频。尤其你说明的在中文的意思可以表示已经完成，过去，现在完成，以及将来完成。正如你所讲了，这跟英语迥然的不同。这很有帮助，辛苦你了！

This is a great ! i watched both of your videos 3 times and I think it's getting clearer in my head ! At least I understood the idea even if I am not sure completely how to use it (got 2 sentences wrong in the exercise...) Thank you so much your explanation are amazing !

@TRUTHGOSPEL2023

4 жыл бұрын

yessss... I agree with you... It's getting clearer and clearer 越来越清楚了……

谢谢老师给了很多具体的例子。我的答案都对了。我最近找到你的channel，对你视频的内容很感兴趣

sixth😊 .... now I don't feel so bad when I try to get my chinese pronunciation right😘 Very helpful explanations, thankyou!

Oh my god! I have read so many articles and watched so many videos about the 了 and finally I get it thanks to your explanations! Got 5/6 with your test 😀😀😀Thank you, because in most video, people just tell about the uses of le (completion etc) but nothing about the place in the sentences! I couldn't understand why sometimes it was after the verb, sometimes after the object and in both cases expressed completion... Thank you so much, and thank you for your other videos, they are very good! 👌👌👍👍

@ShuoshuoChinese

4 жыл бұрын

谢谢你！Glad I could help!

@TheGretaoto

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!!!!!!

@sasino

2 жыл бұрын

This is hands down the best explanation I came across. Now I finally like 了 :D

it really helps me a lot thankyou so much 😍

awesome teacher. go ahead we wanna more lessons !

Our teacher is gorgeous

谢谢老师💛

😱😱我终于明白了怎么用“了”🙌🙌非常感谢！

@Kotsuyosama

3 жыл бұрын

I think the sentence will be better if you say 【我终于明白怎么用“了”了】or【我终于明白了应该怎么用“了”】😂

@Milperrimo

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kotsuyosama got it! 谢谢！

Wonderful. Those words have been worthwhile for sure. What's taken me so long to watch them?

Very clear.

OMG tomorrow I have very important chinese grammar exam and I finally understand it!!!! 感谢您！☺️💕

@LYIK335

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats! Have you passed the exam?

@kaaimochii

3 жыл бұрын

@@LYIK335 yep ✌😉

@LYIK335

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaaimochii 嗬​，​太​好​了​！

太谢谢您了

thank you so much for this clear exlanation! Really helps! (btw, just want to et you know that the subtitles are obscurring the 3rd sentence on the screen Even if I enlarge the screen, text on the bottom is still obscurred)

Wonderfully clear, thank you :) even after several years of learning Chinese, this wasn't 100% clear to me, but you're explanation has addressed a lot of my questions. I feel like a lot of teachers avoid these difficult questions, so it's great to see someone going into detail and explaining things clearly. Just on an English note, I would avoid saying "for god's sake, watch that video". Not for religious reasons - I'm not religious at all and I think even most religious people wouldn't have a problem with it - but it makes you sound angry. Like you've asked me to watch it several times and I keep refusing. Of course I'm not deeply offended by it and I understand it was a fun joke, but I was a little taken aback!

@ShuoshuoChinese

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for telling me that!现在我知道了！

@jasonabbott4623

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShuoshuoChinese 不客氣 😊 Thank you for your hard work and detailed explanations

Very clear thank you! ! Now i need to use it ''naturally'' while speaking haha another story

The last sentence actually had 3 Le's, and I understand that you were just dealing with the three types that you'd already mentioned, but trying to understand the Le at the end of it was tough, it wasn't a completed action, neither was it a change of state, but I think that I worked it out that it was emphasising that you didn't want to go to China again, it would have been good to mention that as well Shuo Shuo, but thanks for the videos, very informative.

Your videos are a bit like watching Freddie Starr doing his Gene Vincent act....but I am enjoying learning from them , thanks.

I really like your videos I taught in China for three years Spanish and English I can also speak some Thai and Cantonese maybe we can study together

老师 , great explanation! I got a couple of mistakes though...more practice for me. 这个视频里老师穿 得很漂亮 .

@ShuoshuoChinese

4 жыл бұрын

谢谢你:)

Ms. Shuo, hi! Loved your 2 videos on use of 了. Crystal clear now. One note: at beginning of video # 2, you say: "For God's sake, review previous..." That idiom come across a bit too strong (indicates some anger). perhaps something like: "Please make sure you review video # 1" or: "If you haven't seen video # 1, you should it first before # 2." As for the ordinal numeral "6th," words ending in -X + th are tough ones to say. As a linguist, I suggest trying /sixt/ without /-th/, which is what you hear in everyday American English. Question: is it possible for you to develop a video for those of us English-speaking non-Chinese students to practice listening to, say, short slow speed Chinese paragraph, then somewhat faster, and finally normal spoken speed. (I did listen to your video re why non-Chinese students have difficulties comprehending normal spoken Chinese. Could part of the problem be that, say, in New York City's ChinaTowns, present day Chinese immigrants come from very different areas of the Chinese Mainland?) 非常非常感谢您。 Manny Ramos, Brooklyn New York

1. A (mostly because of the yí ge, I am not super confident) 2. A. I feel more confident about that. 3. A & B I think... It all feels very subjective still

This video has been super helpful! But I don't understand one thing... In your sentence “上个星期我去了中国了，所以这次我不想再去了“ I understand the first two 了s, but I don't understand why you have a 了 at the very end of the sentence. Thanks for your content!!

@user-mu6zv1hc9w

3 жыл бұрын

Just follow the first sentence, 去了 is 去了(中国)(了) #one 了 is enough

Excellent explanation! thank you! But regarding usage of two "了" there is one usage which, I think, was not covered by this video : 我学了两年汉语。means : I study Chinese for two years (action completed, I no longer study Chinese). But 我学了两年汉语了。means : I've been studying Chinese for two years. So the action has not been completed! Right? Or wrong? Please explain!

Thank you so much for yet another enlightening grammar lesson! Just one question: Is the sentence final 了 dealt with in this video the same as the "change of state 了", or are they considered two different kind of 了's?

@anczeliczka

Жыл бұрын

Different

Excellent, thanks. Please make one like this for "呢"! I get what it means but often don't understand how natives use it. For example, in this video @04:33

@Graphite2983

4 жыл бұрын

One thing I read about 呢 is that it is used when you make a question that is related to the previous statement. For anyone who happens to be simultaneously learning Japanese, have studied Japanese, or know how to speak Japanese and are learning Mandarin, it's similar to んだ or んです。Correct me if I'm wrong with this usage, Japanese speakers.

@Kotsuyosama

3 жыл бұрын

@@Graphite2983 “吗” and “呢” are the question particles that put at the end of the sentence, you can see them as "か" in Japanese. The difference is, "吗" usually used in general questions, which the asker expects a yes/no answer. 问：你午饭吃了吗？Did you eat your lunch? 答：我吃了 Yes, I did.。"呢" is used in Wh-questions, such as "what什么，why为什么, when什么时候/何时, how怎么...". 问：你午饭吃了什么呢？What did you eat in your lunch? 答：我吃了汉堡 I ate hamburgers. “呢” can be omitted or replaced by other particles such as “啊”/“呀”：问：你午饭吃了什么（啊/呀/呢）？“呢” can also be used in an affirmative sentence, as you said the usage is similar to “…んです”. In some informal situation, add "呢" at the end of an affirmative sentence is similar to “...ですよ”/“...だよね” in Japanese. 今回のテストは本当に難しいだよね。这次考试还真挺难的呢。This exam is REALLY difficult.

2了sounds like a past perfect tense in english. I had been to china

学霸！

I guessed almost all answers, except for the first, 'cause I haven't noticed that there was a description of the bookstore XD

@mvdmusicvideostorefreshthe3224

Жыл бұрын

You've done really well, I only got 2 out of 6 right and I've watched both videos on Le

the more chinese i learn the more convinced i am of its extreme dificulty

@mvdmusicvideostorefreshthe3224

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree, I've studied Mandarin for many years now and written many notebooks full but sadly aspects like these don't make it any easier, I still don't fully understand what ShuoShuo means, I only got 2 right out of 6!!!

I got 7 out of 6 correct 🎉

Great video! Btw where are the answers?

Shuo Shou ... is that a guitar in the background?

Can you explain why we don't use 了 with Wǒ qù nǐ jiā (我去你家 ) at 4:27? I think I understand why you don't use it with zhǎo nǐ (找你), since at the moment you saw the friend wasn't there, the looking for her was ongoing (not complete); however the going to her house must have been complete at that point, because you had to arrive at her house to see she wasn't there. The only thing I can think of is that perhaps the two verb phrases are somehow forming a unit (我去你家找你 ) in Chinese (unlike English where they are separate clauses) and that you don't use 了 with qù (去) because zhǎo (找) isn't complete. Is that right? If not, I would be grateful if you could explain it. Thank you in advance.

It's not proNOUNseeayshun, it's proNUNSiation in England. Glad to help!

jīn tiān wǒ qù (A) yí ge hěn yǒu míng de shū diàn (B) 1. 今天我去(了)一个很有名的书店(B)。 zuó tiān nǐ kàn (A) shén me diàn yǐng (B) 2. 昨天你看(了)什么电影(B)？ zhè bēi kā fēi wǒ fàng (A) táng (B), nǐ hē (C) ba! 3. 这杯咖啡我放(了)糖(了)，你喝(C)吧！ zǎo shàng wǒ qù (A) gōng yuán pǎo bù (B) 4. 早上我去(A)公园跑步(了)。 wǒ wàng (A) gào su tā (B) 5. 我忘(了)告诉他(了)。 wǒ shí suì de shí hòu jiù rèn shi (A) tā (B) 6. 我十岁的时候就认识(A)他(了)。

Could you please explain why sometimes it is pronounced le and sometimes liao?

今天我看了说说中文的视频 今天我看说说中文的视频了 今天我看了说说中文的视频了

Thank you for your useful lesson, Shuo❤❤ can u pin the answer on top, I can't find them

谢谢！请问你是什么省人？

Very good 👍👍👍. You are so beautiful 🌹

@ShuoshuoChinese

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Can the two people who ‘Thumbs downed’ the video be able to tell me why they downed Shou Shuo? I’m just interested... what did you see that i missed?

As a malaysian chinese speaker, we do always use 了 in chinese but we pronounce it as liao instead of le 😂

@aftokratory

3 жыл бұрын

It's also pronounced like that in several other dialects of Mandarin in China.

@mannaporanna2678

Жыл бұрын

@@aftokratory it's not a different dialect, it's a different grammar. You would say liao instead of le in different situations

@aftokratory

Жыл бұрын

@@mannaporanna2678 No I'm from a city which speaks a dialect of Southwestern Mandarin and we say liao instead of le in all situations.

@mannaporanna2678

Жыл бұрын

@@aftokratory oh, didn't know that. Interesting!

For the last example in the video, why is there a "了" after "所以這次我不想再去"?

@paloma8255

2 жыл бұрын

I think it suggests the idea of "new situation". The subject of that sentence used to want to go there, but as he/she has gone there recently, now he/she doesn't feel like going there once more.

I thought I did get the point of the video but at the exercise time it all went wrong again. I don't understand anymore why do we put it where we do. Also why do we put 2 of le in 3 or 5? Its not like those sentences have any further comment that would justify the strengthening. Is it wrong to say wǒ wàng le gào su tā? Why? Don't we emphasize "I went RUNNING" in 4, so we have to put le in front of it? In 6, why don't we say wǒ rèn shi le tā, if it means the result of meeting someone new? The example with wedding was the same, "I married someone at that time"?

老师 I can not find the answers 😃

Do we use 了 if we have 已经 in the sentence?

@MH-pz8wf

4 жыл бұрын

yes

So why, in the sentence that I got on Duolingo, is 了here? 你看见我的照相机了吗 Why is 了 after 照相机? Is 了 indicating a *possible* change, like saying “have you possibly seen my camera somewhere?”

Sorry Shuo, but I somehow felt dizzy when seeing these 3 sentences 🤯🤭 头晕了

if I want to say “I started watching the serials ”，“我开始了看电视剧” or “我开始看了电视剧” where exactly should I put 了in this case?

@jnpgn4039

3 жыл бұрын

at the end

@kevinpan5525

3 жыл бұрын

我开始看电视剧了。✔

老师，”我不想再去了“，这里”再...了“是固定搭配吗？

My Chinese friend said to me 锁了吧 suggesting that I lock my bike… No idea why she used 了 there… 😢

1. 我昨作天去了买本书。 2。我作天去书店买了本书。 3。我作天去(书店买)买本书了。 4。我作天去(书店了)了买了本书了。where to us 了? 谢谢

老师我怎么联系你?

@7:04 why is it meiyou lai instead of just mei lai? Would that be grammatically incorrect

@madeline569

3 жыл бұрын

P. S sixth is an awful word isn't it. Don't worry most native English people can't pronounce this either, I'm from Australia and hear "sifth" a lot. But if you wanted to practice, try just the transition from "x" to "th" and feel how your tongue moves through those positions repeat x-th slow at first until you get better at the transition then incorporate the beginning of the word starting slow then working up in speed "si-x-th" Good luck and thanks for all your hard work Shuo x

I understood 5/6 but I'm having a hard time trying to figure out why number 5 uses two 了. 我忘了告诉他了。 It sounds to me something like "I totally forgot to tell him", "I really, really forgot to tell him" (followed by a sorry!, maybe). But it doesn't make much sense to me to say "I ALREADY forgot to tell him". It could make sense if the sentence was "I already forgot about him" (Maybe your ex-husband), to state clearly that you don't love him anymore (Pretty much like 我不爱他了.) My question for you: From a Chinese speaker's perspective, why does this sentence use 了 twice? 我忘了告诉他了。

@ShuoshuoChinese

4 жыл бұрын

Great question. There are two ways to say: 1）我忘了告诉他。 2）我忘了告诉他了。 I guess you understand the first one. The second sentence conveys extra information，“I forgot to tell him and it had bad influence” For example: 糟糕！今天8点开会，我忘了告诉他了！“ While the first sentence is more calm, like "对了，我忘了告诉你，昨天我买了一辆车。"

@duck-headedllama9991

4 жыл бұрын

@@ShuoshuoChinese Thanks for clarifying!

@mvdmusicvideostorefreshthe3224

Жыл бұрын

@@ShuoshuoChinese I didn't get either, I read that as nothing was stressed, so no importance was attached to it and I put the Le at the end of the sentence, but of course Le at the end can also mean a change of situation, very confusing.

Unfortunately, I still don't get the meaning of two 了in one sentence😢😢((

我买了那本书了 is the same as saying 我已经买了那本书 or not?

@MH-pz8wf

4 жыл бұрын

yes

@user-mu6zv1hc9w

3 жыл бұрын

已经like DO in the sentence

我过去中国两次 我去了中国两次 这两句话有什么区别?

@user-mu6zv1hc9w

3 жыл бұрын

你第一句有问题，"过去"是一个phrase，you need to say我过去去了中国两次，but there are two 去 you can not lose anyone, so Chinese will change the sentence to avoid it, just say second one, no two same word together

我有个问题 啊？ 怎么用 (能, 可以)？

@MwSama

3 жыл бұрын

可以 = can 能 = able。 I think you use 能 when u r able to do something, or someone is able to do something. Use 可以 when you can do something, but u don't have to. Im not sure, but this is wut i think

1.去了 2.电影了 3.放了 4.去了跑步了 5.忘了 6认识了

他女儿今年二十岁了。这个句子里“了” 什么意思呢？

上个星期我去了中国了，所以这次我不想再去了。 最后的（了）我不明白。。 这个 了 是属于 想 这个动词吗？ 还是它的意思是你的态度改变了？ 就是 情况出现了变化了。。 真的不理解。。 其他的好像都明白。 多谢

@ShuoshuoChinese

4 жыл бұрын

不想…了 = don’t want anymore.

@ancaihong

4 жыл бұрын

@@ShuoshuoChinese 嗯嗯，我懂啦，谢谢回复

I didn't see your answers but according my Chinese wife I got 4 out of 6.

@ShuoshuoChinese

4 жыл бұрын

OMG I‘m so sorry, now I put the answers in the comment. But it's great you got 4 of them correct!

上个星期我去了中国了，所以这次我不想再去了。--> what does 了 mean here 所以这次我不想再去了?

@YingTou1

3 жыл бұрын

Anymore.

There is a little joke: if you can't say/pronounce "6th", then change the arrival day to "7th" and all your problem is solved!

@ShuoshuoChinese

4 жыл бұрын

andrefmartin There you go!

泰国热死了

for God's sake is unnecessary and can be culturally offensive, just an FYI into American English, Also when you say video, Vi is not pronounced Vee like in Chinese it is Vih you are a great teacher! xie xie!

More confused than ever.

@seth1455

4 жыл бұрын

You are not on your own there

it is unbelievable that u still get trouble in saying some english words

@lewessays

4 жыл бұрын

It happens....even after 13years....it is a journey :D

@seth1455

4 жыл бұрын

I'm a native English speaker and there some words even I have trouble with. Shou's English is excellent, it doesn't matter if every word isn't perfect, we can still understand her.

Your face is soft. Your words are sharp and pointy but far from clear

Gra-due-WEI-shun, si-chew-WEI-shun, etc. - not gra-due-EI-shun, si-chew-EI-shun. You're welcome.