because

All translations

• basaa (Lit.)
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• komu
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• porké (E)
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• porké, purké
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• purké
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• tanba, tan, basaa
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Example sentences

• "Because I'm not against big projects.

  "Tanba ha'u la kontra projetu boot sira.

• "Because I'm saying so.

  "Tanbasa mak ha'u dehan nune'e.

• "Because a man's life is so tragic.

  "Lakon ema nia moris hanesan trajiku tebes.

Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “because”

• You’d better button up your shirt, because it is open.Di'ak liu prega tiha ó nia kamiza nia butaun, tanba nakloke hela.
• We rent a house because we don’t have money to buy one.Ami aluga uma tanba la iha osan atu sosa.
• I like learning English, because it is beneficial to me.Ha'u gosta aprende lian Inglés, tanba nia benefísiu boot mai ha'u.
• My younger brother has big calves because he runs every day.Ha'u nia alin nia ain kabun boot loos tanba loroloron nia halai hela de'it.
• Yesterday my mother beat each of us because we didn't study.Horiseik ha'u nia inan baku ami dasa tanba ami la estuda.