写了封信

wrote a letter

→ 写
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wrote a letter 了 marks the completed action; 封 is the measure word for letters.
CH: 昨天我给朋友写了封信。
EN: Yesterday I wrote a letter to a friend.

我给我父亲写了封信请你看完以后,帮我寄给他

I wrote a letter to my father. Please read it and mail it to him for me.

— 色‧戒 (2007)

我写了封信,叫他早点回。

I wrote him a letter asking him to come back soon.

他给我写了封信。

He wrote me a letter.

我给里昂音乐学院写了封信

I wrote a letter to the Lyon Conservatory of Music.

— 放牛班的春天 (2004)