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10-Input/Classes/Chinese Class_2025-12-08.md

@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ Future, later, soon. Works for a lot of things
 Liǎng gè xiǎoshí yǐhòu
 Two hours later
 
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+## Using 了 for things you wanted to do
+Or rather, the lack thereof.
+
+If you are saying you wanted to do something, you don't need to stick a 了 after it, because le refers to the completion of an action, not necessarily past tense.
+
+Since your saying you want to do something, even if its in the past, the action is not yet completed, so it doesn't need 了。
+
 他想用你的手机拍照片
 Tā xiǎng yòng nǐ de shǒujī pāi zhàopiàn
-She wanted to 
+She wanted to use your phone to take a picture
+