他曾經是市長。

He used to be the mayor.

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 曾經 céngjīng
  1. once
  2. already
  3. former
  4. previously
  5. ever
  6. (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
=3 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=3 是 shì variant of 是 shì
4 市長 shìzhǎng mayor