Hi lie_xian,
The particle 了 is used after an action that has taken place, which has the same meaning as already.
For the character 都, I think you are right.
Let see these 2 sentences:
i. 每个人都吃完午饭了吗？(Did everybody finish their lunch?)
ii. 他吃完午饭了吗？ (Did he finish his lunch?)
For sentence (ii), the 都 is not and should not be there. It is wrong to say ‘他都吃完午饭了吗？’
So the 都 in the sentence (i) should mean “all”, and not “already”.
Thanks for pointing out the error. I have changed the meaning of 都 from “already” to “all”.
Hi Min Min, can you help me about this question?
the character 都 why didn’t mean all?
the 了particle can change being already isn’t it?
thank you ^_^
Hi lie_xian,
The particle 了 is used after an action that has taken place, which has the same meaning as already.
For the character 都, I think you are right.
Let see these 2 sentences:
i. 每个人都吃完午饭了吗？(Did everybody finish their lunch?)
ii. 他吃完午饭了吗？ (Did he finish his lunch?)
For sentence (ii), the 都 is not and should not be there. It is wrong to say ‘他都吃完午饭了吗？’
So the 都 in the sentence (i) should mean “all”, and not “already”.
Thanks for pointing out the error. I have changed the meaning of 都 from “already” to “all”.
thank you for your help and
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