那个时候汤姆只会一点点法语。

Tom could only understand a little French then.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 那个 nàge
  1. that one
  2. that thing
  3. that (as opposed to this)
  4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
  5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
  6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
  7. (euph.) menstruation
  8. sex
  9. also pr. nèige
2 时候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
3 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=4 只 zhī variant of 只 zhī
=4 只 zhǐ only; merely; just
=4 只 zhǐ variant of 只 zhǐ
=4 只 zhī grain that has begun to ripen
=4 只 zhǐ variant of 只 zhǐ
=4 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
=5 会 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=5 会 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
6 一点点 yīdiǎndiǎn a little bit
=7 法语 Fǎyǔ French (language)
=7 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