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  <h3><span class="pinyin">le</span> <span class="hanzist">了</span> at the end of a sentence with a verb predicate.</h3>

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Yīnwèi hē chá duì shēntǐ hěn hǎo, suǒyǐ tā <span class="vert">hē</span> chá </span><span class="rouge">le.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">因为喝茶对身体很好，所以他喝茶了。</span><br/> Because drinking tea is good for one's health, now he drinks tea.</li>

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    <div class="gris">
      This sentence implies that the person, 'he', did not drink tea before, but now he has changed. 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-C1.2.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Yīnwèi hē chá duì shēntǐ hěn hǎo, suǒyǐ tā <span class="vert">hē</span> chá.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">因为喝茶对身体很好，所以他喝茶。</span><br/> He drinks tea because it is good for one's health.</li>

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    <div class="gris">
      This sentence simply reports the fact that 'he' drinks tea as a habitual action because of its benefits.
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    <li><audio src="../Audio/le-II-C2.1.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā <span class="vert">chī</span> sù <span class="rouge">le</span>, bié zuò ròu cài.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他吃素了，别做肉菜。</span><br/> He has become a vegetarian now. (Lit. He now eats vegetarian food.) Don't make meat dishes.</li>

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    <div class="gris">
      This sentence implies that 'he ' used to eat meat. 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-C2.2.mp3" controls="controls"></audio>

<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā <span class="vert">chī</span> sù, bié zuò ròu cài.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他吃素，别做肉菜。</span><br/> He's a vegetarian. Don't make meat dishes.</li>

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    <div class="gris">
      This sentence does not imply any change. It only states a fact that the person, 'he', is a vegetarian.
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