expensive

All translations

• karu
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• karu(n)
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• karu, karun
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• karun
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Example sentences

• "Democracy is very expensive to us.

  "Demokrasia murak tebes ba ami.

• "Estrda must not go, because it is expensive.

  "Estrda tenki neneik, tanba karun.

• "It's a very expensive piece of paper.

  "Ne'e surat-tahan ida ho folin boot.

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

Phrases using “expensive”

• very expensivekarun la halimar
• At present, rice is expensive.Agora dadauk, foos folin karun.
• She bought a variety of cloths, all of which are expensive.Nia sosa hena mesak karu-karu de'it.
• Clothes sold at Timor Plaza are too expensive. We don’t have enough money to purchase them.Ropa fa'an iha Timor Plaza karun demais, ita nia osan la to'o atu sosa.
• When a parent-in-law dies, the sons in law tighten their belts! (because it is so expensive)Bainhira banin mate, mane foun sira kesi sintu metin!