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  <h3><span class="pinyinst">le</span> <span class="hanzist">了</span> at the end of a <span class="pinyinst">yǒu</span> <span class="hanzist">有</span> sentence.</h3>

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Tāmen <span class="vert">yǒu</span> háizi le, <span class="vert">méiyǒu</span> shíjiān kàn diànshì <span class="rouge">le</span>.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">他们有孩子了，没有时间看电视了。</span><br/> They have got a child now, (so) they don't have time to watch TV any more.</li>

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      This sentence implies that 'they' did not have a child before and that they used to watch TV. 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"> Tāmen <span class="vert">yǒu</span> háizi, <span class="vert">méiyǒu</span> shíjiān kàn diànshì.</span> <br/> <span class="hanzi">他们有孩子，没有时间看电视。</span><br/> They have a child, (and) they don't have time to watch TV.</li>

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      This sentence simply states the fact that 'they' have a child and they do not have time to watch TV.
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Xiànzài tāmen <span class="vert">yǒu</span> chē <span class="rouge">le</span>, suǒyǐ chángcháng lái kàn wǒmen.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">现在他们有车了，所以常常来看我们。</span><br/> Now they've got a car, so they often come to see us.</li>

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      The sentence implies that 'they' did not have a car before and 'they' often visit 'us' because of the change of situation. 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">Tāmen <span class="vert">yǒu</span> chē, suǒyǐ chángcháng lái kàn wǒmen.</span> <br/> <span class="hanzi">他们有车，所以常常来看我们。</span><br/> They have a car, so they often come to see us.</li>

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      This sentence simply states the fact that 'they' own a car which allows them to visit 'us' often.
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