我不知道保羅發生了什麼事。

I wonder what happened to Paul.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我不知道 wǒbùzhīdào I don't know.
2 保羅 Bǎoluó Paul
3 發生 fāshēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
=4 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=4 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=4 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
5 什麼事 shénmeshì
  1. What's up?; Is something the matter?
  2. (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 關 guān + {person} + 什麼事 shénmeshì "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?")