我昨天買了這台相機。

I bought this camera yesterday.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
3 買 mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
=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 這 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=5 這 zhèi (coll.) this
=6 台 Tái
  1. Taiwan (abbr.)
  2. surname Tai
=6 台 tāi used in place names
=6 台 tái
  1. (classical) you (in letters)
  2. variant of 臺 tái
=6 台 tái desk; table; counter
=6 台 Tái Taiwan (abbr.)
=6 台 tái
  1. platform
  2. stage
  3. terrace
  4. stand
  5. support
  6. station
  7. broadcasting station
  8. classifier for vehicles or machines
=6 台 tái typhoon
=6 台 yí
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) I, me
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 怡 (yí, “happy, pleased”).
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) what
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, polite, honorific) used to address another person or to describe the actions of another person
  5. I, me
  6. Original form of 怡 (yí, “happy, pleased”).
  7. Used in place names.
  8. a surname
  9. historical placename in modern Shandong
  10. used in 三台 (“name of a star”)
  11. used to address another person or to describe the actions of another person
  12. what
=6 台 yí pufferfish; blowfish
7 相機 xiàngjī
  1. camera (abbr. for 照相機 zhàoxiàngjī)
  2. at the opportune moment
  3. as the circumstances allow