What is the function of 了 in the sentence "她会杀了你的"?

Question

What is the function of 了 in the following sentence? Does it imply a sequence of actions? > 她会杀了你的。"She will kill you."

Answer 1

Smart question! You must notice that there are 2 language pieces in the sentence. 会will 了particle of action completion. Never confused about it.

As you know, there are 3 kinds of completed actions in English: Past perfect tense, present perfect tense, future perfect tense.

Then you can understand the sentence 我会杀了你的。means I will kill you./ I will have killed you.

I think it is the point of your question; 了is not only the meaning of the past but also action completed.

Enjoy your learning!

Answer 2

It means action completion. Although it is a predicted action, it emphasis the result that you will be killed, rather than the action of an attempted murder without you being dead.