suǒyǒu shícái dōu mǎiqí le.

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Breakdown of suǒyǒu shícái dōu mǎiqí le.

• 了le: change-of-state particle
• 食材shícái: food ingredients

Questions & Answers about suǒyǒu shícái dōu mǎiqí le.

Why is 都 used in 所有食材都买齐了?

都 is used because 所有食材 means all the ingredients, and 都 often goes with words like 所有, 全部, or plural subjects to emphasize all of them.

A very common pattern is:

所有 / 全部 + noun + 都 + verb / adjective

So here:

• 所有食材 = all the ingredients
• 都买齐了 = have all been bought completely

Even though English does not need a separate word like 都 here, Chinese usually does.

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What does 买齐 mean? Why not just say 买了?

买齐 means to buy everything needed so that the set is complete.

So:

• 买 = buy
• 齐 = complete, all there, lacking nothing

Together, 买齐 suggests not just that some shopping happened, but that everything on the list is now fully bought.

Compare:

• 食材买了。 = The ingredients were bought.
  
  • This does not clearly say whether everything was bought.
• 食材买齐了。 = The ingredients have all been bought; nothing is missing.

So 齐 adds the idea of completeness.

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