人們對語言的起源作出過許多猜想,但是真實的情況其實根本沒有人知道。

There are many guesses about how language began, but the fact is that no one really knows.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 人們 rénmen people
2 duì
  1. right; correct
  2. towards; at; for
  3. concerning; regarding
  4. to treat (sb a certain way)
  5. to face
  6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching
  7. to match together; to adjust
  8. to fit; to suit
  9. to answer; to reply
  10. to add; to pour in (a fluid)
  11. to check; to compare
  12. classifier: couple; pair
=3 語言 yán language

classifiers: ,

=3 語言 yán
  1. (literary) to tell
  2. to tell
=4 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 起源 yuán
  1. origin
  2. to originate
  3. to come from
6 作出 zuòchū
  1. to put out
  2. to come up with
  3. to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
  4. to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
  5. to draw (conclusion)
  6. to deliver (speech, judgment)
  7. to devise (explanation)
  8. to extract
=7 Guō surname Guo
=7 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=7 guo (experienced action marker)
8 許多 duō
  1. many
  2. a lot of
  3. much
9 猜想 cāixiǎng
  1. to guess; to conjecture; to suppose
  2. (math.) hypothesis
10 但是 dànshì but; however
11 真實 zhēnshí true; real
=12 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=12 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=12 really and truly
=12 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
13 情況 qíngkuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation

classifiers: ,

14 其實 shí actually; in fact; really
15 根本 gēnběn
  1. fundamental
  2. basic
  3. root
  4. simply
  5. absolutely (not)
  6. (not) at all

classifier:

16 沒有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
17 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

18 知道 zhīdào
  1. to know; to become aware of
  2. also pr. zhīdao