grandfather

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 90,000+ 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.