昨天我寫信給艾倫。

Yesterday I wrote to Ellen.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
2 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
3 寫信 xiěxìn to write a letter
=4 給 gěi
  1. to
  2. for
  3. for the benefit of
  4. to give
  5. to allow
  6. to do sth (for sb)
  7. (grammatical equivalent of 被)
  8. (grammatical equivalent of 把)
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=4 給 jǐ
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
5 艾倫 Àilún Alan; Allan; Allen; Alen