他们是去年搬的家。 They moved house last year. It was last year that they moved house. Traditional 他們是去年搬的家。 Pinyin Tāmen shì qùnián bān de jiā. Bopomofo ㄊㄚ ˙ㄇㄣ ㄕˋ ㄑㄩˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄢ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄐㄧㄚ。 Where this sentence is used Past events in Mandarin Chinese grammar (there's no past tense!) All Chinese example sentences