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  <p>我在这里两个星期了</p>
</blockquote>

<p>了 here denotes a completion. It could be rendered with the perfect tense in English. <em>Staying here for two weeks is completed</em>, namely <em>I have been here for two weeks(already)</em>.</p>

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2019-12-08T23:34:18.147Z
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dan
<p>I think this 了 is just for emphasis, or to show you are done speaking.</p>

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2019-12-08T21:51:49.830Z
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jamil
<p>What is the precise function of 了 in the sentence</p>

<pre><code>我在这里两个星期了 / "I've been here for two weeks"
</code></pre>

<p>?</p>

<p>Is it a marker of completed action? Is it saying "already"? What does the sentence mean if 了 were omitted?</p>

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了 in 我在这里两个星期了 / "I've been here for two weeks"
# 了 in 我在这里两个星期了 / "I've been here for two weeks"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-12-08)

What is the precise function of 了 in the sentence

```
我在这里两个星期了 / "I've been here for two weeks"

```

?

Is it a marker of completed action? Is it saying "already"? What does the sentence mean if 了 were omitted?

**Tags:** translation, particles


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-12-08. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

> 我在这里两个星期了

了 here denotes a completion. It could be rendered with the perfect tense in English. *Staying here for two weeks is completed*, namely *I have been here for two weeks(already)*.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-12-08. Score: 0

I think this 了 is just for emphasis, or to show you are done speaking.


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