加利福尼亚发现了金矿。

Gold had been discovered in California.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 加利福尼亚 Jiālìfúníyà California
2 发现 fāxiàn
  1. to notice; to become aware of
  2. to discover; to find; to detect
  3. a discovery
=3 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 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)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
4 金矿 jīnkuàng
  1. gold mine
  2. gold ore