我大前年死了個朋友。

Two years before last, a friend of mine died.

Three years ago, a friend of mine died.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 大前年 dàqiánnián three years ago
3 死了 silě
  1. (colloquial) extremely; very
  2. (intransitive) to have died; to be dead
  3. (transitive) to have lost (one's relatives)
  4. extremely; very
  5. to have died; to be dead
  6. to have lost (one's relatives)
=4 個 gě used in 自個兒 zìgěr
=4 個 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=5 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: 個, 位
=5 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers