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Verb + 得了 / 不了 (can / can't manage)

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"Can / can't manage it"

  • Verb + (degree marker)de(completed / change)le / (as a resultative verb…不了 liǎo = "can / can't manage (to complete)".
  • so much这么zhè memanyduōI / mevariant of 吃chī(as a resultative verb…不了 liǎo = "that's so much, I can't finish it."
  • The (completed / change)le here is read liǎo, not le.

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