"I just sent you a text message."

Translation: 我刚才给你发了一个短信。

[Chris349250]

My Chinese friend says my answer 我刚才发给了你一个短信 is correct

[Jean-Miche357968]

发给 ① to issue ② to grant ③ to distribute
发 to send out

[DavidNelso973061]

Is it incorrect to put the 了 at the end of the sentence, instead of after the 发?

[Chris349250]

发给你了should be accepted. My Chinese friends say that all the time

[R7fi9dwS]

I agree.

[JacobVSO]

Is it really necessary to use 了 here?

[Cinnamon5230]

Using 了 would be better, because it is "sent", not "send".

[LeoChavez17]

But why wasn't it used in the answer to the question about email (I just sent you an email)?

[7ga4Ktv4]

i think it's not essential because of 刚才 correct me if i'm wrong. but they won't accept an answer without 了here though.

[RobertEddy]

Isn't that character the only way we know action was completed in the past?

[kuyaC]

What about 发了给你?

[rianwardana]

I don't have any Chinese friends so I have to ask here, is 我刚才给你发短信 correct? Because in Google Translate it is more or less the same translation

[Denis.nkn]

You have to add 了 after 给 or 发 hence 发 just means send. Futhermore is more correct to add 一个 before 短信 because this sentece is precisely about A message and not messageS

[jamawn]

简讯 means text in singapore/malaysia

[7ga4Ktv4]

我刚给你发短信
in my uneducated opinion this should be accepted.. am i wrong?
after this i tried adding 一个, but that didn't do the trick.. after that i also added 了 i think just the 了 missing was what caused this to be marked wrong (though i also had 一个 still in there the last time) but with other sentences on here i learned that 了was not necessary with 刚（才）

[kroll_cynthia]

了 can appear at the end of the sentence instead of right after the verb and should be accepted as correct

[jamesjiao]

短信can also take the counter 条 - 一条短信.