他们是美国人吗?

Are they Americans?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他们 tāmen they; them
=2 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)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=3 美国人 Měiguórén
  1. American
  2. American person
  3. American people

classifier: 個
=3 美国人 měiguórén US American person; US American people; Usonian(s)
=4 吗 má (coll.) what?
=4 吗 mǎ used in 吗啡 mǎfēi
=4 吗 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)