before

All translations

• antes
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• antes de (E)
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• antes, molok; antes
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• molok
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Example sentences

• "All citizens are equal before the law.

  "Sidadaun tomak hanesan iha lei nia oin.

• "Before this, the defendants had a plan.

  "Antes ne'e arguidu sira iha ona planu.

• "Before, I could not save money.

  "Antes ne'e, hau labele atu poupa osan.

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

Phrases using “before”

• Before going to school, tidy up (your) bed.Molok atu bá eskola, aruma tiha kama lai.
• Before the war erupted, we all escaped to Darwin.Antes dé funu tama, ami halai hotu ba Darwin.
• Use paper to wrap the present before you give it.Uza surat tahan hodi falun prezente molok atu fó.
• It is better to bathe the child before he/she eats.Antes labarik atu han, di'ak liu fó hariis tiha kedan.
• Every morning before coming to work I iron my clothes.Dadeer-dadeer antes mai servisu ha'u sempre estrika ha'u nia ropa.