Sentence Metadata
Sentence ID:
#1270
Pattern Type
guided
Minimum Level:
Level 10
Verified:
No
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Language Translation Status
English (en) They were anxious to hear the news.
Lithuanian (lt) Jie buvo nerimastingi išgirsti naujienas.
Chinese (zh) 他们tā menhěn焦虑jiāo lǜxiǎngtīng新闻xīn wén
French (fr) Ils étaient anxieux d'entendre les nouvelles.
Spanish (es) Estaban ansiosos por conocer las noticias.
Dutch (nl) Ze waren erg benieuwd naar het nieuws.
Swedish (sv) De var ivriga att få höra nyheterna.
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Lemmas Used (5 languages)

Lemmas appearing in this sentence, with surface forms per decomposed language. Lemmas missing from only one or two languages are flagged as potential decomposition errors.

Lemma Languages Surface forms
anxious (A19_024) L7 5 / 5 en: anxious es: ansiosos fr: anxieux lt: nerimastingi zh: 焦虑
news (N50_009) L16 5 / 5 en: news es: noticias fr: nouvelles lt: naujienas zh: 新闻
Per-language Breakdown
English Words found 7
Position Part of Speech English English Grammatical Form Lemma
0 subject they They pronoun/en_subjective No lemma
1 verb were were verb/en_3p_past No lemma
2 adjective anxious anxious adjective/en_plural anxious L7
3 particle to to preposition/base PARTICLE
4 verb hear hear verb/en_infinitive No lemma
5 article the the article/en_singular ARTICLE
6 object news news noun/en_singular news L16
Spanish Words found 6
Position Part of Speech English Spanish Grammatical Form Lemma
0 verb they were Estaban verb/es_3p_imperfect No lemma
1 adjective anxious ansiosos adjective/es_plural_m anxious L7
2 preposition to/for por preposition/base PREPOSITION
3 verb to hear/learn conocer verb/es_infinitive No lemma
4 article the las article/es_plural_f ARTICLE
5 object news noticias noun/es_plural_f news L16
French Words found 7
Position Part of Speech English French Grammatical Form Lemma
0 subject they Ils pronoun/fr_subjective No lemma
1 verb were étaient verb/fr_3p_imparfait No lemma
2 adjective anxious anxieux adjective/fr_plural_m anxious L7
3 preposition of/to d' preposition/base PREPOSITION
4 verb to hear entendre verb/fr_infinitive No lemma
5 article the les article/fr_plural ARTICLE
6 object news nouvelles noun/fr_plural news L16
Lithuanian Words found 5
Position Part of Speech English Lithuanian Grammatical Form Lemma
0 subject they Jie pronoun/lt_nominative_plural No lemma
1 verb were buvo verb/lt_3p_past No lemma
2 adjective anxious nerimastingi adjective/lt_nominative_plural_m anxious L7
3 verb to hear išgirsti verb/lt_infinitive No lemma
4 object news naujienas noun/lt_accusative_plural news L16
Chinese Words found 6
Position Part of Speech English Chinese Grammatical Form Lemma
0 subject they 他们tā men pronoun/zh_subjective No lemma
1 adverb very hěn adverb/zh_base No lemma
2 adjective anxious 焦虑jiāo lǜ adjective/zh_singular anxious L7
3 verb want/would like xiǎng verb/zh_present No lemma
4 verb to hear tīng verb/zh_infinitive No lemma
5 object news 新闻xīn wén noun/zh_singular news L16