English → Tetun
could
bele (iha tempu pasadu, ka
Example sentences
"A man said that I could become immortal.
"Ema ida hatete katak ha'u bele sai imortal.
"Before, I could not save money.
"Antes ne'e, hau labele atu poupa osan.
"I could sing to him. I can do it for her."
"Ha'u bele kanta ba nia.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “could”
- Don’t annoy the dog. It could bite you.Keta book asu. Asu bele tata ó.
- Economic growth could rise to 12% next year.Kresimentu ekonómiku tinan oin bele sa'e to'o 12% karik.
- Don’t walk barefoot, or you could cut your foot.La bele la'o ain tanan, se lae ain bele kanek.
- How could this old metal become a good sharp machete?Halo oinsá mak besi aat ne'e sai fali katana ne'ebé di'ak no kro'at?
- They cheated, otherwise you could have defeated them.Sira nia joga fo'er, lae karik imi mak manán tiha ona sira.