他試圖跟我們說法語。

He tried speaking French to us.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  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 tārì and 他人 tārén)
2 試圖 shìtú
  1. to attempt
  2. to try
3 跟 gēn
  1. heel
  2. to follow closely
  3. to go with
  4. (of a woman) to marry sb
  5. with
  6. compared with
  7. to
  8. towards
  9. and (joining two nouns)
4 我們 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
=5 說法 shuōfǎ to expound Buddhist teachings
=5 說法 shuōfa
  1. way of speaking
  2. wording
  3. formulation
  4. one's version (of events)
  5. statement
  6. theory
  7. hypothesis
  8. interpretation
=6 語 yǔ
  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. speech
=6 語 yù (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know