English → Tetun
dead
mate
Example sentences
"My colleagues and family are all dead.
"Ha'u-nia kolega no familia balu hela dook.
"My parents will all be dead.
"Ha'u-nia inan-aman sei moris hotu.
"The reality is you see him dead."
"Realidade mak imi haree nia mate ona."
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “dead”
- Uncle shot dead a wild deer in the jungle.Tiu hana mate rusa fuik ida iha ai-laran.
- At three o'clock we'll take the dead person for burial.Orsida tuku tolu ita hotu lori mate bá hakoi.
- If you lie one more time, we’ll shoot you dead on the spot!Ó bosok tan dala ida, ami tiru mate kedan ó agora!
- I don’t want to go close to dead people as I’m afraid of ghosts.Ha'u lakohi besik ema mate tanba ta'uk mate klamar.
- There was a group who made a conspiracy to shoot the president dead.Iha grupu ida halo konspirasaun atu tiru mate prezidente.