How to Say ‘What did you eat yesterday?’ in Traditional Chinese
昨天吃了什麼？
zuó tiān chī le shén me
[dzwaw-tyen chī le shénme]
Phrase Breakdown
昨天
zuó tiān
[dzwaw-tyen]
yesterday
昨天 means the day before today.
昨天我去參加職涯活動。
Yesterday I went to a career event.
吃了什麼？
chī le shén me
what did (you) eat?
吃了 (chī le) means 'ate'. 什麼 (shénme) means 'what'. The question word stays at the end in Chinese.
他吃了什麼？
What did he eat?
Words in this phrase
吃
chī
[chī]
to eat
The basic verb for eating food.
我們去吃晚餐吧。
Let's go eat dinner.
了
le
[le]
completed action marker
Indicates an action has been completed.
他已經走了。
He has already left.
什麼
shén me
[shénme]
what
Question word for 'what'.
你想買什麼？
What do you want to buy?
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