湯姆告訴我他是加拿大人。

Tom told me he was Canadian.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=2 告訴 gàosù to press charges; to file a complaint
=2 告訴 gàosu to tell; to inform; to let know
3 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
4 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)
=5 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)
=5 是 shì variant of 是 shì
6 加拿大人 Jiānádàrén Canadian person