How to use了 & 过 | Learn with Easy Examples and Real Dialogue

In this video, Ashley and Sam will help you understand the difference between 了 (le) and 过 (guo) when talking about completed actions and past experiences. This is a beginner-friendly lesson focusing on two specific uses of 了 and 过: completed actions with 了 and past experiences with 过. Chinese verbs don’t change form to indicate past tense in the same way English verbs do. Instead, Chinese uses context, time expressions, and grammatical particles to express different meanings. ------------------------------------------- Timestamps 00:00 Intro 02:00 How to Use 了 02:26 Affirmative Sentences 04:01 Negative Sentences 05:05 Questions 06:01 How to Use 过 06:28 Affirmative Sentences 07:10 Negative Sentences 08:14 Questions 09:06 Practice Question 09:20 Dialogue Time 10:06 Brief Dialogue Explanation 11:13 Dialogue Review ------------------------------------------- If you enjoy this video and want to improve your Mandarin, don't forget to like and subscribe for more Chinese lessons. Thank you for watching! 😊 #learnchinese #chinesegrammar #mandarinchinese #chineseforbeginners #learnmandarin #simplychinese