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Timeline for Example cases with 了

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Aug 16, 2016 at 19:10 comment added Tang Ho In the case of 我学了六年法语了 (I have been studying French for six years), the second 了 is a final particle, therefore it can be omitted. If you treat the second 了 as an aspect marker, then the first 了 can be omitted, the result is:(A5) " 我学法语六年了" which express "I have been studying French for 6 years" without repeat 了 in a same sentence.
Aug 16, 2016 at 15:44 comment added Enrico Brasil Omitting the final 了 changes the sentence meaning: 我学了六年法语 I studied French for 6 years. 我学了六年法语了 I have been studying French for 6 years.
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Aug 15, 2016 at 8:07 history edited Tang Ho CC BY-SA 3.0
fixed some typo and spacing
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