汤姆学了几年法语。

Tom has been learning French for a few years.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 学 xué
  1. to learn
  2. to study
  3. to imitate
  4. science
  5. -ology
=3 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 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)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
4 几年 jǐnián
  1. a few years; several years
  2. how many years?
=5 法语 Fǎyǔ French (language)
=5 法语 fǎyǔ
  1. (Buddhism) words about Buddhist doctrine
  2. (literary) speech in accordance with etiquette
  3. French language
  4. speech in accordance with etiquette
  5. words about Buddhist doctrine