grass

Example sentences

• I don’t like this grass/shrub, as it has lots of thorns.

  Ha'u la gosta du'ut ne'e, tanba iha tarak barak.

• Maria is trimming the grass behind the house.

  Mari sabir hela du'ut iha uma kotuk.

• Pedro has gone to look for cogon grass to thatch the roof.

  Pedro sai bá buka du'ut manulain atu bele suku uma.

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

Phrases using “grass”

• Maria is trimming the grass behind the house.Mari sabir hela du'ut iha uma kotuk.
• When we cook dog meat we always use lemon grass.Bainhira ami te'in na'an asu sempre uza du'ut morin.
• I don’t like this grass/shrub, as it has lots of thorns.Ha'u la gosta du'ut ne'e, tanba iha tarak barak.
• Pedro has gone to look for cogon grass to thatch the roof.Pedro sai bá buka du'ut manulain atu bele suku uma.