How to use 过 and 了? What is the difference between them?
Are my sentences correct?
今天我学习了汉语。Today I studied Chinese. 我学习过汉语。 I have studied Chinese. 我学习了三个月中文。 I studied Chinese for three months. 我汉语学习了三个月了。 I have been studying Chinese for three months.
Yeah your sentences are pretty good.
了 - indicates change in state.
过 - indicates something has been done before.
For instance:
看完了 = I finished reading it 看过 = I've read that before
Seems like you have a pretty good grasp already from your sentences.
了 is a past tense indicator, working as "-ed" suffix in English. 了 could either be put right after the verb or at the end of the sentence.
过 is a perfect tense indicator, working as "have + V-ed" in English. 过 could either be put right after the verb or at the end of the sentence.
