他肯定是一個聰明人。

He's definitely somebody clever.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
2 肯定 kěndìng
  1. to be certain; to be positive
  2. assuredly; definitely
  3. to give recognition; to affirm
  4. affirmative (answer)
=3 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)
=3 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=4 一個 yīge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=4 一個 yīgè
  1. Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
  2. same
5 聰明人 cōngmíngrén intelligent person; man of wisdom