dad

Example sentences

• Afterwards I called my dad to see him.

  Depois mak ha'u bolu o-nia tian mai haree.

• Alino, bring the scissors to cut dad’s hair.

  Alino lori kateri mai tesi pai nia fuuk.

• Because my dad also said, oe-oee.

  Tanba fofoun mos dehan, oe-oe-oe.

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

Phrases using “dad”

• Dad died with a clean heart.Apá mate ho klamar moos.
• Dad sawed wooden posts to build a house.Pai kadoo ai-riin hodi halo uma.
• I turned to face Dad because he called me.Ha'u fila oin ba apá tanba nia bolu ha'u.
• When I reached the house, dad was sleeping.Bainhira ha'u to'o uma, apá toba hela.
• Dad, where did you buy such a sharp machete?Pai hola katana iha ne'ebé mak kro'at loos ne'e?