5 sentences

1. 我很幸运，我先发现了你。

   wǒ hěn xìng​yùn, wǒ xiān fā​xiàn le nǐ.

   I'm lucky I found you first.

   Source: CCMatrix

2. 我是最先发言的人之一。

   wǒ shì zuì​xiān fā yán de rén zhī​yī.

   I was one of the first to speak.

   Source: CCMatrix

3. 没有别的事情需要先发生。

   méi​yǒu bié​de shì​qing xū​yào xiān fā​shēng.

   Nothing else has to happen first.

   Source: CCMatrix

4. 目前还不清楚谁首先发明了棉花糖。

   mù​qián hái bù qīng chu shéi shǒu​xiān fā​míng le mián​hua​táng.

   It is unclear who was the first person to invent cotton candy.

   Source: CCMatrix

5. 自从我们的祖先发明指南针以来，将近两千年过去了。

   zì​cóng wǒ​men de zǔ​xiān fā​míng zhǐ​nán​zhēn yǐ​lái, jiāng​jìn liǎng qiān nián guò​qù le.

   Nearly two thousand years have passed since our ancestors invented the compass.

   Source: UM-Corpus: Spoken