他從去年二月開始就沒寫信給我們。

He has not written to us since last February.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=2 Cóng surname Cong
=2 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
3 去年 nián last year
=4 二月 Èryuè
  1. February
  2. second month (of the lunar year)
=4 二月 èryuè
  1. February
  2. The modern name for the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar.
5 開始 kāishǐ
  1. to begin
  2. beginning
  3. to start
  4. initial

classifier:

6 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
=7 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
=7
  1. drowned
  2. to end
  3. to die
  4. to inundate
8 寫信 xiěxìn to write a letter
=9 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 )
  8. (grammatical equivalent of )
  9. (sentence intensifier)
=9
  1. to supply
  2. to provide
10 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our