Sentence Metadata
Sentence ID:
#469
Pattern Type
guided
Minimum Level:
Level 9
Verified:
No
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Language Translation Status
English (en) We bought three candles for dinner.
Lithuanian (lt) Mes nusipirkome tris žvakes vakarienei.
Chinese (zh) 我们wǒ menwèi晚餐wǎn cānmǎile三支sān zhī蜡烛là zhú
French (fr) Nous avons acheté trois bougies pour le dîner.
Spanish (es) Compramos tres velas para la cena.
Dutch (nl) We hebben drie kaarsen gekocht voor het diner.
Swedish (sv) Vi köpte tre ljus till middagen.
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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
buy (V06_004) L3 5 / 5 en: bought es: Compramos fr: acheté lt: nusipirkome zh: 买了
candle (N08_025) L9 5 / 5 en: candles es: velas fr: bougies lt: žvakes zh: 蜡烛
dinner (N06_088) L9 5 / 5 en: dinner es: cena fr: dîner lt: vakarienei zh: 晚餐
three (Z01_004) L4 5 / 5 en: three es: tres fr: trois lt: tris zh: 三支
Per-language Breakdown
English Words found 6
Position Part of Speech English English Grammatical Form Lemma
0 subject we We pronoun/en_subjective No lemma
1 verb bought bought verb/en_1p_past buy L3
2 numeral three three numeral/en_cardinal three L4
3 object candles candles noun/en_plural candle L9
4 preposition for for preposition/base PREPOSITION
5 object dinner dinner noun/en_singular dinner L9
Spanish Words found 6
Position Part of Speech English Spanish Grammatical Form Lemma
0 verb We bought Compramos verb/es_1p_past buy L3
1 numeral three tres numeral/es_cardinal three L4
2 object candles velas noun/es_plural_f candle L9
3 preposition for para preposition/base PREPOSITION
4 article the la article/es_singular_f ARTICLE
5 object dinner cena noun/es_singular_f dinner L9
French Words found 8
Position Part of Speech English French Grammatical Form Lemma
0 subject we Nous pronoun/fr_subjective No lemma
1 verb have (auxiliary) avons verb/fr_1p_present No lemma
2 verb bought acheté verb/fr_past_participle buy L3
3 numeral three trois numeral/fr_cardinal three L4
4 object candles bougies noun/fr_plural candle L9
5 preposition for pour preposition/base PREPOSITION
6 article the le article/fr_singular_m ARTICLE
7 object dinner dîner noun/fr_singular dinner L9
Lithuanian Words found 5
Position Part of Speech English Lithuanian Grammatical Form Lemma
0 subject we Mes pronoun/lt_nominative No lemma
1 verb bought for ourselves / bought nusipirkome verb/lt_1p_past buy L3
2 numeral three (accusative) tris numeral/lt_cardinal_accusative three L4
3 object candles (accusative) žvakes noun/lt_accusative_plural candle L9
4 object for dinner (dative) vakarienei noun/lt_dative_singular dinner L9
Chinese Words found 6
Position Part of Speech English Chinese Grammatical Form Lemma
0 subject we 我们wǒ men pronoun/zh_subjective No lemma
1 preposition for wèi preposition/base PREPOSITION
2 object dinner 晚餐wǎn cān noun/zh_singular dinner L9
3 verb bought mǎile verb/zh_1p_past buy L3
4 numeral three (measure word 'zhi' for candles) 三支sān zhī numeral/zh_cardinal three L4
5 object candles 蜡烛là zhú noun/zh_plural candle L9