Completed Action 咗

完成體「咗」

About this concept

The aspect marker 咗 zo2 placed after the verb indicates a completed action (perfective aspect). Not equivalent to past tense — marks completion regardless of time reference. Negated with 冇.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level A2.

Examples

我食咗飯。I have eaten.

佢走咗。He/She has left.

你做咗功課未？Have you finished your homework?

我冇去咗。→ 我冇去。I didn't go. (冇 negates, 咗 drops)

Prerequisite

Basic Verbs and Word OrderA1

Concepts that build on this

Experiential 過A2 俾 as Give and Passive MarkerA2 Resultative ComplementsB1 Quantifier Suffix 晒B1

More A2 concepts

Ongoing Action 緊進行體「緊」Experiential 過經歷體「過」Basic Sentence-Final Particles基本語氣助詞 Comparison with 過 and 比比較句 Extended Classifiers進階量詞

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