我們能否指出一種語言誕生的確切日期?你或許會這樣說:「真是個奇怪的問題!」然而,這樣的日期確實存在:7 月 26 日,世界語日。1887 年的這一天,路德維克萊澤柴門霍夫在華沙出版了一本關於「國際語言」的小冊子。

Is it possible to indicate a date on which a language came into life? "What a question!" you will be inclined to say. And yet such a date exists: the 26th of July, the Day of Esperanto. On this day in 1887 appeared in Warsaw a booklet by Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof about the "International Language".

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我們 men we; us; ourselves; our
2 能否 néngfǒu
  1. whether or not
  2. can it or can't it
  3. is it possible?
3 指出 zhǐchū
  1. to indicate
  2. to point out
4 一種 zhǒng one kind of; one type of
=5 語言 yán language

classifiers: ,

=5 語言 yán
  1. (literary) to tell
  2. to tell
6 誕生 dànshēng to be born
7 的確 què
  1. really
  2. indeed
=8 qiē
  1. to cut; to slice; to carve
  2. (math) tangential
=8 qiè
  1. definitely; absolutely (not)
  2. (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!
  3. to grind
  4. (bound form) close to
  5. (bound form) eager
  6. to correspond to
  7. (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 fǎnqiè system should be applied to the previous two characters)
9 日期 date

classifier:

=10 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=10 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
11 或許 huò perhaps; maybe
=12 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=12 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=12 kuò only used in 會撮会撮
13 這樣 zhèyàng
  1. this kind of
  2. so
  3. this way
  4. like this
  5. such
=14 shuì to persuade
=14 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=14 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of / (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=14 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of / (“to free; to relieve”)
=15 真是 zhēnshi
  1. indeed; truly
  2. (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
=15 真是 zhēnshì
  1. (colloquial) Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance; honestly!
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see (zhēn), (shì): (it) really is; (it) truly is
  3. Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance; honestly!
=16 used in 自个儿 r
=16
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
17 奇怪 guài
  1. strange
  2. odd
  3. to marvel
  4. to be baffled
=18 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=18 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=18 really and truly
=18 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
19 問題 wèn
  1. question
  2. problem
  3. issue
  4. topic

classifier:

=20 然而 ránér however; but; yet
=20 然而 rán'ér but; yet
21 這樣 zhèyàng
  1. this kind of
  2. so
  3. this way
  4. like this
  5. such
=22 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=22 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=22 really and truly
=22 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
23 日期 date

classifier:

24 確實 quèshí
  1. indeed
  2. really
  3. reliable
  4. real
  5. true
25 存在 cúnzài
  1. to exist
  2. to be
  3. existence
26 yuè
  1. moon
  2. month
  3. monthly

classifiers: ,

=27 abbr. for 日本 běn, Japan
=27
  1. sun
  2. day
  3. date, day of the month
=28 世界語 Shìjiè Esperanto
=28 世界語 shìjiè Esperanto
=29 abbr. for 日本 běn, Japan
=29
  1. sun
  2. day
  3. date, day of the month
=30 Nián surname Nian
=30 nián year

classifier:

=30 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
=31 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=31 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=31 really and truly
=31 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=32 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=32 zhèi (coll.) this
33 一天 tiān
  1. (colloquial) the whole day
  2. one day (twenty-four hours)
  3. someday; one day
  4. the entire daytime of one day
  5. the whole day
34 路德
  1. Luther (name)
  2. Martin Luther (1483-1546), reformation protestant minister
=35 Wéi
  1. abbr. for Uighur 维吾尔 Wéiěr
  2. surname Wei
=35 wéi
  1. to preserve
  2. to maintain
  3. to hold together
  4. dimension
  5. vitamin (abbr. for 维生素 wéishēng)
=35 yōng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 盧維卢维 (“ancient river in the Yan Province”)
  2. only used in 盧維卢维 (“ancient river in the Yan Province”)
36 克萊 lái Clay (name)
37
  1. pool
  2. pond
  3. (of metals etc) luster
  4. favor or beneficence
  5. damp
  6. moist
38 柴門 cháimén
  1. lit. woodcutter's family
  2. humble background
  3. poor family background
=39 Huò surname Huo
=39 huò (literary) suddenly
=40
  1. husband
  2. man
  3. manual worker
  4. conscripted laborer (old)
=40
  1. (classical) this, that
  2. he, she, they
  3. (exclamatory final particle)
  4. (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
=41 在華 zài Huá
  1. within China
  2. during one's visit to China
=41 在華 zàihuá to be in China
=42 Shā surname Sha
=42 shā
  1. granule
  2. hoarse
  3. raspy
  4. sand
  5. powder
  6. abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia

classifier:

=42 shà (dialect) to sift; to sieve
43 出版 chūbǎn to publish
=44 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=44 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=44 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=44 liào unofficial variant of liào
45 一本 běn
  1. (Mainland China, education) the first tier of universities
  2. (judo) ippon
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see , (běn).
  4. another version (terminology in collation)
  5. entirely based on
  6. having the same origin
  7. ippon
  8. the first tier of universities
46 關於 guān
  1. pertaining to
  2. concerning
  3. with regard to
  4. about
  5. a matter of
47 國際語 guó Interlingua
48 yán
  1. words
  2. speech
  3. to say
  4. to talk
=49 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=49 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=49 really and truly
=49 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
50 小冊子 xiǎozi
  1. booklet
  2. pamphlet
  3. leaflet
  4. information sheet
  5. menu

classifier: