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CGG #60 : Experience with 过

💎 Chinese Grammar Gems #60

Mar 19, 2025
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Hello Mandarin Enthusiasts! 🌟

When I first started learning Mandarin, I was told that 了 was how you talked about the past. Simple, right? If something happened, just add 了 after the verb.

But then I started seeing sentences like 吃了后, “after eating.” Wait… wasn’t 了 for the past? Why was it showing up in a sentence about the future?

That’s when I realized M…

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