"They are too tired."
Translation:他们太累了。
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These two Chinese girls on Youtube are very good at explaining all the different uses of 了.
Basically 了 in this context is being used as the "intensifier particle." Think of it like how 吗 acts like a question mark 了 acts like an exclamation point.
Thanks for explaining that. Why doesnt duolingo explain it?? Many such instances.
I can't remember, but you might try this site: https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22excessively%22_with_%22tai%22 or this one: https://www.chineseboost.com/grammar/le-grammar-summary/
I've also noticed since a female voice has replaced the male Chinese speaker, sometimes she says 'Le' and other times what sounds like 'Lao'.
When the character is being said in isolation? Liǎo is another pronunciation of the 了 character, just not in the contexts we've learned it so far. When there's no context the automated voice has to 'choose' between alternate pronunciations and doesn't always get it right.
