他們為我們提供了食物。

They supplied us with food.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他們 tāmen they; them
2 為我 wèiwǒ
  1. "each one for himself" (the individualistic philosophy proposed by Yang Zhu)
  2. (Chinese philosophy) "each one for himself" (the individualistic philosophy proposed by Yang Zhu)
3 們 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
4 提供 tígōng
  1. to offer
  2. to supply
  3. to provide
  4. to furnish
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 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 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
6 食物 shíwù food