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  <title>&lt;span class="pinyin"&gt;le &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hanzi"&gt;了 &lt;/span&gt; at the end of a sentence with a verb predicate in which an optative or modal verb occur before the main verb.</title>
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  <h3><span class="pinyinst">le</span> <span class="hanzist">了</span> at the end of a sentence with a verb predicate in which an optative or modal verb occur before the main verb.</h3>

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Tā <span class="fondjaune">huì</span> <span class="vert">kāi</span> chē <span class="rouge">le</span>.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他会开车了。</span><br/> Now he is able to drive a car.</li>

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    <div class="gris">
      This sentence implies that 'he' did not know how to drive. 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="fondjaune">huì</span> <span class="vert">kāi</span> chē.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">他会开车。</span><br/> He is able to drive a car.</li>

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    <div class="gris">
      This sentence simply states the fact that 'he' can drive. It does not imply any change.
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ <span class="fondjaune">xǐhuan</span> <span class="vert">xué</span> Hànzì le.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">我喜欢学汉字了。</span><br/> I have taken a liking to studying Chinese characters.</li>

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    <div class="gris">
      This sentence implies that 'I' did not like to study characters previously. 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">Wǒ <span class="fondjaune">xǐhuan</span> <span class="vert">xué</span> Hànzì.</span><br/><span class="hanzi">我喜欢学汉字。</span><br/> I like studying Chinese characters.</li>

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      This sentence simply states the fact that 'I' like to study Chinese characters.
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