<p>老 can be a verb for "to age/ to get old" </p>

<p>了 in 老了 is an aspect marker that indicates the verb/ action is completed, therefore , 老了 means "aged/ gotten old "</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>[老了以后]再去考虑吧] --> [after you've gotten old], then think about it </p>
</blockquote>

<p>Examples of 老 as a verb:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>我老了 = I am getting old</p></li>
<li><p>看似老了幾年 = seem like aged a few years</p></li>
</ul>

<p><em>Note: 了 only indicate completion of a verb, it doesn't indicate tense.</em> </p>

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Tang Ho
<p>I'm a student of Chinese. I know the differences about modal and aspectual 了，but this sentence, 老了以后再去考虑吧 confuses me. I think is not modal, because modal should be at the end of the sentence, but a the same time 老 is not a verb, so I can't understand if it is aspectual or modal? </p>

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The 在 should be written as 再
Axel Tong
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'老了以后再去考虑吧' this sentence has apectual or modal 了?
# '老了以后再去考虑吧' this sentence has apectual or modal 了?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-10)

I'm a student of Chinese. I know the differences about modal and aspectual 了，but this sentence, 老了以后再去考虑吧 confuses me. I think is not modal, because modal should be at the end of the sentence, but a the same time 老 is not a verb, so I can't understand if it is aspectual or modal?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The 在 should be written as 再  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-02-10. Score: 4

老 can be a verb for "to age/ to get old"

了 in 老了 is an aspect marker that indicates the verb/ action is completed, therefore , 老了 means "aged/ gotten old "

> [老了以后]再去考虑吧] --> [after you've gotten old], then think about it

Examples of 老 as a verb:

* 我老了 = I am getting old
* 看似老了幾年 = seem like aged a few years

*Note: 了 only indicate completion of a verb, it doesn't indicate tense.*


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