我知道為甚麼湯姆學法語。

I know why Tom is studying French.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 知道 zhīdào
  1. to know; to become aware of
  2. also pr. zhīdao
=3 為 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=3 為 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=4 甚 shén variant of 什 shén
=4 甚 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=5 麼 má exclamatory final particle
=5 麼 ma interrogative final particle
=5 麼 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什么 shénme, what?, indefinite 这么 zhème thus, etc
=5 麼 mó
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
6 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
7 學 xué
  1. to learn
  2. to study
  3. to imitate
  4. science
  5. -ology
=8 法語 Fǎyǔ French (language)
=8 法語 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