Expressing completion with "le" From Chinese Grammar Wiki Jump to: navigation , search This article is a stub . Editors can help the Chinese Grammar Wiki by expanding it . v t e Level A2 Is similar to Expressing experiences with "guo" ( A2 ) Time words and word order ( A2 ) Using "guo" with "le" ( A2 ) Is used for Expressing result , Describing actions , Referring to the past Keywords 了 Also known as: verb 了, completed action 了 and perfective aspect 了. The particle 了 (le) has a lot of uses . One of the most common is to express the completion of an action. This is called aspect , which is not the same as tense. Tense is about when an action happens - past, present or future. Aspect is about whether the action is complete in whatever time frame we're talking about. 1 The Basic Pattern 2 Example Sentences 3 See also 4 Sources and further reading 4....