grandmother

Example sentences

• "We're going to work after Grandmother Nana.

  "Ami koko atu serbisu tuir avo Nana.

• Aluta Grandmother. Aloha, grandma!

  Aluta Avo Nana.

• But my grandmother sent me to help her mother.

  Maibe avo-feto haruka ha'u ba ajuda tiha ha'u nia ama.

Examples from the 90,000+ sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “grandmother”

• When my grandmother returned to Dili, I hugged her.Bainhira avoo fila mai Dili, ha'u hakuak nia.
• Grandmother weaves baskets at home to take to the market to sell.Avoo feto homan lafatik iha uma para bá fa'an iha merkadu.
• Maria recorded her grandmother’s voice using a telephone, so that in future she can listen to it again.Maria grava nia avoo nia lian uza telefone, para aban-bainrua bele rona fali.