English → Tetun
believe
fiar
Example sentences
"Believe comes from what you hear."
"Fiar mai husi buat ne'ebe ema rona."
"I believe that we are on the right track.
"Ha'u fiar katak ita iha dalan ne'ebe loos.
"I don't believe that there will be violence.
"Ha'u la fiar atu akontese violensia.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “believe”
- You must believe in yourself.Imi tenke fiar an.
- Atoy is a liar. Don’t believe him!Atoy ema ida ne'ebé bosok-teen. Keta fiar nia!
- Blessed are those who believe even without seeing.Rahun di'ak ba ema ne'ebé fiar maski la haree.
- I’m telling you the truth. Why don’t any of you believe me?!Ha'u ko'alia lia loos. Nusaa mak imi hotu la fiar?!
- Pedro is an atheist. He doesn't believe in God, but all his children are Christians.Pedro ateu ida, la fiar ba Maromak, maibé nia oan sarani hotu.