了 - 买一件了 / 买了一件

[cheshire]

(1)我給ni mai了一件(blouse).
(2)我給ni mai 一件(blouse)了.

What's the difference?

 

[Dalian]

Normally we say the first one. The latter sounds a little weird to me.

 

[Leopold]

As far as I know the 了 particle goes at the end if it does not have an object or if the object is not modified:

No object: 她进来了。(She came in)
Non modified object: 我唱歌了 。(I sang -songs-)

If the object is modified (like with a measure particle, or an adjective or a 的 complement...) the 了 goes after the verb:

他看了我的书。(He read MY book)
我给你买了一件 (blouse) 。 (I bought you A blouse)

When there's more than one verb you place it after the last one:

我爸爸清我吃了晚饭。(My father treated me for dinner)

I hope it helps.

 

[Dalian]

^wow, I am amazed by this. I never thought this much about the grammar. Thanks for the contribution, Leopold

 

[eastlife]

My undersanding is that 了 goes after the verbs. And 了 normally implies the past tense or present perfect tense.

我已经写了email/ i 've written email.
我叫了外卖/ i ordered the take-away.

 

[cheshire]

OK, thanks 你men, I now know how strange the type of (2) seems.

 

[etch]

gosh, don use the 2nd one, bit bizarre,which...is the difference.

 

[radlader]

The same meanings.

 

[pipipen]

Thinking it over, I realize sometimes I use (2), which emphasizes 买(mai). Examples:

我給ni mai 一件(blouse)了. - stress on 买(mai). Implying you don't need to buy another one, or I don't want to buy another one for you.

Or if stress on blouse, the sentence is to inform you that I WON'T buy a T-shirt or a coat but WILL buy a blouse for you, in spite they are all on sale.

 

[YangMuye]

It have been talked before.
了 can be attached after a verb or a sentence. In the latter situation, it indicates future certainty.

A：我想買件襯衫。(I need to buy a blouse.)
B：我已經給你買(了)一件了。("I have already bought you one." vs "I bought you a blouse.").