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"The game is about to start!"
Translation:比赛快要开始了!
June 15, 2018
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The 了 here is a must. The sentence is not proper without it.
The actual phrase is 要...了,or 快要...了, which indicates that something is about to happen.
In short, 了 here does not mean "something done", but rather a change of situation/state. Please refer to the explanation here:https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22about_to_happen%22_with_%22le%22
NelsonColin
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I was marked correct without the "le". It would not have occurred to me to use it either