English → Tetun
better
diak liu
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 46,000-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.