我们在一起生活了三年。

We lived together for three years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
2 在一起 zàiyīqǐ together
3 生活 shēnghuó
  1. to live
  2. life
  3. livelihood
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=5 三 Sān surname San
=5 三 sān
  1. three
  2. 3
=6 年 Nián surname Nian
=6 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=6 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián