4 sentences for 作 (zuò — compose)

1. 我想读一首自己作的诗。

   wǒ xiǎng dú yī shǒu zì​jǐ zuò de shī.

   I'd like to read a poem I wrote.

   Source: OpenSubtitles

2. 这首诗是鲁迅作的。

   zhè shǒu shī shì Lǔ Xùn zuò de.

   This poem was written by Lu Xun.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

3. 我能作首诗了。

   wǒ néng zuò shǒu shī le.

   I could write a poem.

   Source: OpenSubtitles

4. 老师在黑板上教我们写作者的作字，强调它是单人旁。

   lǎo​shī zài hēi​bǎn shàng jiāo wǒ​men xiě zuò zhě de zuò zì, qiáng​diào tā shì dān​rén páng.

   The teacher taught us how to write the character 'zuo' from the word for 'author' on the blackboard, emphasizing that it uses the 'person' radical.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary