我坐了十二個小時的火車。

I spent twelve hours on the train.

I was on the train for twelve hours.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
=2 Zuò surname Zuo
=2 zuò
  1. to sit
  2. to take a seat
  3. to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. to bear fruit
  5. variant of zuò
=3 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=3 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 liào unofficial variant of liào
=4 十二 shíèr
  1. twelve
  2. 12
=4 十二 shí'èr twelve; 12
=5 used in 自个儿 r
=5
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
6 小時 xiǎoshí hour

classifier:

=7 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 跑堂儿的 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
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 火車 huǒchē train

classifiers: , , ,