面包是昨天买的。 The bread was bought yesterday. Traditional 麵包是昨天買的。 Pinyin Miànbāo shì zuótiān mǎi de. Bopomofo ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄠ ㄕˋ ㄗㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄞˇ ˙ㄉㄜ。 Where this sentence is used The 是…的 (shì…de) construction vs 了 (le) in Chinese grammar All Chinese example sentences