38.2 The te-form of a verb + L>l£ O literally means to finish doing [something). In other words, it is used to express the completion of an action or an event. This construction focuses on the completed state of an action or an event. J already finished doing my homework. I ate all of that ice cream. L$ O itself is a Class 1 verb and conjugates as such. This construction sometimes implies that something happened that should not have happened or someone did something that should not have been done. In these cases, this construction implies the speaker's or the agent's regret. I ate my sister's dessert [by mistake). I slept until ten o'clock. It depends on the context which of the two meanings 1/j£ O expresses. mx: tpib tb U Z < tiX