昨天你不在家嗎？

Were you at home yesterday?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
=2 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=2 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
3 不在 bùzài
  1. not to be present
  2. to be out
  3. (euphemism) to pass away
  4. to be deceased
=4 家 jiā used in 家伙 jiāhuo and 家俱 jiājù
=4 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個
=4 家 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)
=5 嗎 má (coll.) what?
=5 嗎 mǎ used in 吗啡 mǎfēi
=5 嗎 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)