better

Example sentences

• "Better, one man dies for the people!"

  "Di'ak liu, ema ida de'it mak mate ba povo!"

• "I think this year is better than last.

  "Hau hare iha tinan ne'e diak liu fali tinan kotuk.

• "I urge these two forces to manage better.

  "Ha'u ezije ba forsa rua ne'e, bele jere di'ak liu tan.

Examples from the 90,000+ sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “better”

• I’m feeling very sleepy, and had better sleep.Ha'u sente matan dukur loos, di'ak liu toba lai.
• It is better to bathe the child before he/she eats.Antes labarik atu han, di'ak liu fó hariis tiha kedan.
• You’d better button up your shirt, because it is open.Di'ak liu prega tiha ó nia kamiza nia butaun, tanba nakloke hela.
• Your clothes are all wet; you’d better hang them out to dry.Ó nia ropa bokon hotu, di'ak liu habai tiha.
• If corn has been contaminated with aflatoxin, it's better not to eat it.Se batar hetan kontaminasaun aflatoksin, di'ak liu keta han.