他前年去世的。 He passed away the year before last. Pinyin Tā qiánnián qùshì de. Bopomofo ㄊㄚ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄩˋ ㄕˋ ˙ㄉㄜ。 Where this sentence is used Past events in Mandarin Chinese grammar (there's no past tense!) All Chinese example sentences