yīshēng xiān wèn le tā de zhèngzhuàng, ránhòu yòu gěi tā liáng le tǐwēn.

possessive particle

Breakdown of yīshēng xiān wèn le tā de zhèngzhuàng, ránhòu yòu gěi tā liáng le tǐwēn.

• 了le: perfective particle
• 她tā: her

Questions & Answers about yīshēng xiān wèn le tā de zhèngzhuàng, ránhòu yòu gěi tā liáng le tǐwēn.

Why are there two 了s in this sentence?

Both 了s mark completed actions.

• 问了她的症状 = asked about her symptoms
• 给她量了体温 = took her temperature

In this sentence, 了 is the sentence’s way of showing that each action happened and was completed. It does not mean the same thing as English already in every case; here it mainly marks past/completed events in a narrative.

What does 先...然后... do here?

先...然后... means first... then...

So:

• 医生先问了她的症状 = The doctor first asked about her symptoms
• 然后又给她量了体温 = then also took her temperature

This pattern is very common for describing actions in order.

Why is 又 used? Does it mean again?

又 often means again, but here it is better understood as then also / in addition.

So 然后又给她量了体温 means something like:

• then also took her temperature
• then went on to take her temperature

It does not necessarily mean the doctor had taken her temperature before and repeated it. In narration, 又 can connect one action to another and add the sense of and then also.

Why is it 问她的症状 and not 问她症状?