wǒ yǐjīng gěi wùyè dǎdiànhuà bàoxiū le.

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Breakdown of wǒ yǐjīng gěi wùyè dǎdiànhuà bàoxiū le.

• 了le: perfective particle
• 已经yǐjīng: already

Questions & Answers about wǒ yǐjīng gěi wùyè dǎdiànhuà bàoxiū le.

Why are both 已经 and 了 used? Don’t they both mean the action is completed?

They often work together in Chinese.

• 已经 means already
• sentence-final 了 shows a new situation or a change of state

So 我已经给物业打电话报修了 means something like:

• I’ve already called property management to request a repair
• and now that action is done / taken care of

This 已经...了 pattern is very common when you want to emphasize that something has already happened.

For example:

• 我已经吃饭了。 = I’ve already eaten.
• 他已经到了。 = He has already arrived.

You can sometimes omit one of them in conversation, but using both is very natural.

What does 给 mean here?

Here, 给 marks the recipient of the action, similar to to in English.

So:

• 给物业打电话 = call property management
• literally: make a phone call to property management

It does not mean give here, even though 给 often means to give in other sentences.

Compare:

• 我给他发消息。 = I sent him a message.
• 我给妈妈打电话。 = I called my mom.

In this sentence, 给物业 tells you who received the call.

What does 物业 mean exactly?