他是上个学期来的吗？ Did he get here last semester? ⇒ Was it last semester that he got here? Traditional 他是上個學期來的嗎？ Pinyin Tā shì shàng ge xuéqī lái de ma? Bopomofo ㄊㄚ ㄕˋ ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄑㄧ ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ˙ㄇㄚ？ Where this sentence is used The 是…的 (shì…de) construction in Chinese grammar All Chinese example sentences
