English → Tetun
grandfather
avoo mane
Example sentences
A good grandfather died for his aunts.
Bibi-Atan di'ak mate ba nia bibi sira.
At the moment, where is your grandfather?
Momentu ne'e ita boot hela iha-ne'ebe?
Goodbye grandfather Xavi!!!.
Adeus avo Xavi!!!.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “grandfather”
- My grandfather used to smoke tobacco in a pipe.Ha'u nia avoo mane uluk fuma tabaku uza kaixumba.
- My grandfather has blurred vision. He no longer sees us clearly.Ha'u nia avoo mane nia matan malahuk, haree ita la moos ona.
- Grandfather doesn’t see well any more. He needs to hold on to a walking stick to walk.Avoo mane nia matan malahuk ona, nia presiza kaer ai-tonka hodi la'o.