他们沿着非洲西岸航行了。

They sailed along the west coast of Africa.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他们 tāmen they; them
2 沿着 yánzhe
  1. to go along
  2. to follow
3 非洲 Fēizhōu
  1. Africa
  2. abbr. for 阿非利加洲 Āfēilìjiā Zhōu
4 西岸 xī'àn west coast; west bank; west shore
5 航行 hángxíng
  1. to sail
  2. to fly
  3. to navigate
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào