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  <h3><span class="pinyin">le</span> <span class="hanzist">了</span> at the end of a <span class="pinyin">shì</span> <span class="hanzist">是</span> sentence.</h3>

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Xiànzài <span class="vert">shì</span> xiàtiān <span class="rouge">le</span>, cài dōu piányi <span class="rouge">le</span>.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">现在是夏天了，菜都便宜了。</span><br/> It's summer now, (so) vegetables have become inexpensive.</li>

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      This sentence implies that vegetables were expensive before. Compare it with the following sentence which does not have the change-of-state <span class="pinyin">le</span> <span class="hanzi">了</span>.
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    <li><audio src="../Audio/le-II-E1.2.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Xiànzài <span class="vert">shì</span> xiàtiān, cài dōu hěn piányi.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">现在是夏天，菜都很便宜。</span><br/> It's summer now, vegetables are inexpensive.</li>

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      This sentence simply states the fact that the time is summer and that vegetables are inexpensive. It does not imply any change.
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā <span class="vert">shì</span> lǎoshī </span><span class="rouge">le.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他是老师了。</span><br/> He is a teacher now. He has become a teacher now.</li>

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      This sentence shows that 'he' has come to a new stage of his life or a change in identity. Compare it with the following sentence which does not have the change-of-state <span class="pinyin">le</span> <span class="hanzi">了</span>.
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā <span class="vert">shì</span> lǎoshī.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他是老师。</span><br/> He's a teacher.</li>

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      This sentence simply announces 'his' identity as a teacher.
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