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  <h2>The change-of-state <span class="pinyinst">le</span> <span class="hanzist">了</span> in negative sentences</h2>

  <p>Negative sentences with a change-of-state<span class="pinyin">le</span> <span class="hanzi">了</span> at the end show that a situation or action has stopped or a plan has changed. “<span class="pinyin">bù</span> <span class="hanzi">不</span>...<span class="pinyin">le</span> <span class="hanzi">了</span>” or “<span class="pinyin">méi yǒu</span> <span class="hanzi">没有</span> ... <span class="pinyin">le</span> <span class="hanzi">了</span>” means “no longer ...” or “not ... any more”.</p>

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    <span class="pinyin">Xiànzài shì chūntiān <span class="rouge">le</span>, tiānqi bù lěng <span class="rouge">le</span>.</span><br/>

    <span style="color: red; font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">现在是春天了，天气不冷了。</span> It's spring now, (and) the weather is not cold any longer.
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    This sentence shows that the cold weather has come to an end.
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    <span style="color: blue;">Tā bú zài zhèr gōngzuò </span><span class="rouge">le</span><span style="color: blue;">.</span><br/>

    <span class="hanzi">他不在这儿工作了。</span><br/>

    He does not work here any more.
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    This sentence shows that 'he' has stopped working here.
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    <span class="pinyin">Míngtiān wǒmen bú qù Běihǎi Gōngyuán <span class="rouge">le</span>.</span><br/>

    <span class="hanzi">明天我们不去北海公园了。</span><br/>

    Tomorrow we are no longer going to Beihai Park .
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    The sentence implies that originally 'we' planned to go to Beihai Park but now the plan has changed.
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