我在美国的时候很想家。 I was very homesick when I was in America. Traditional 我在美國的時候很想家。 Pinyin Wǒ zài Měiguó de shíhou hěn xiǎng jiā. Bopomofo ㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄕˊ ˙ㄏㄡ ㄏㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄚ。 Where this sentence is used Past events in Mandarin Chinese grammar (there's no past tense!) All Chinese example sentences