Examples
tā他shì是lǎo wài老外,tā他tīng听bù不dǒng懂wǒ men我们shuō说de huà的话。
他是老外,他听不懂我们说的话。
He's a foreigner. He doesn't understand what we're saying.
幸运的是大家都明白了这个老外的意思，知道我只是闹笑话而友好地对我笑一下。
Fortunately, everybody understood what this foreigner meant, knew I was only making a fool of myself, and laughed at me.