我想问汤姆他在印度生活了多久。

I wanted to ask Tom how long he had lived in India.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 想 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
3 问 wèn to ask; to inquire
4 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
5 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
6 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
7 印度 Yìndù India
8 生活 shēnghuó
  1. to live
  2. life
  3. livelihood
=9 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=9 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 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=9 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=9 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
10 多久 duōjiǔ
  1. (of time) how long?
  2. (not) a long time