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啦

lā · la/la

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Meaning

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lā 啦

  1. (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc
  2. (phonetic)
  3. (dialect) to chat

la 啦

  1. sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation
  2. particle placed after each item in a list of examples
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Dinner is ready

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，吃饭(chīfàn)啦(la)！

    Dengdeng, dinner's ready!

  2. Dengdeng

    来(lái)啦(la)来(lái)啦(la)！今天(jīntiān)吃(chī)什么(shénme)？

    Coming, coming! What's for dinner?

  3. Liangliang

    吃(chī)饺子(jiǎozi)啦(la)！我(wǒ)包(bāo)了(le)一下午(yīxiàwǔ)。

    Dumplings time! I spent all afternoon making them.

  4. Dengdeng

    太(tài)好(hǎo)啦(la)！好(hǎo)香(xiāng)啊(a)！

    Great! They smell so good!

  5. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)去(qù)拿(ná)筷子(kuàizi)，你(nǐ)先(xiān)别(bié)吃(chī)啦(la)！

    I'll get the chopsticks, don't eat yet!

  6. Dengdeng

    哎呀(āiyā)，我(wǒ)已经(yǐjīng)吃(chī)了(le)三(sān)个(gè)啦(la)！

    Oops, I already ate three!

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2 examples
01

原(yuán)来(lái)他(tā)们(men)前(qián)天(tiān)去(qù)电(diàn)影(yǐng)院(yuàn)啦(la)。

It turns out that they went to the cinema the day before yesterday.

Tatoeba: Chinese by cranewang · English by cranewang · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

明(míng)天(tiān)就(jiù)要(yào)考(kǎo)试(shì)啦(la)，大(dà)家(jiā)准(zhǔn)备(bèi)好(hǎo)了(le)没(méi)呀(ya)？

Tomorrow is the exam. Are you all prepared?

Tatoeba: Chinese by ColawithIce · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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