English → Tetun
hear
rona
Example sentences
"Believe comes from what you hear."
"Fiar mai husi buat ne'ebe ema rona."
"Do you all know or not, hear it?
"Imi hotu hatene ka la'e, rona ka la'e?
"I am pleased to hear UNMIT's report.
"Ha'u kontenti atu rona UNMIT ninia relatoriu.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “hear”
- When (they) hear gunfire, everyone is afraid.Kuandu rona kilat tarutu, ema hotu-hotu ta'uk.
- Please repeat that as I didn’t hear you before.Favór repete fali tanba ohin ha'u la rona.
- With your eyes focused on the television, you don't even hear if someone calls.Ó nia matan fai ba televizaun ne'e, bolu mós la rona.
- Oh dear! I met Luna only yesterday, and now I hear she is very sick in hospital.Kuitadu! Ha'u foin hasoru malu horiseik ho Luna, agora rona fali nia moras todan baixa iha ospitál.
- If I don’t see my child, that’s OK, so long as I can hear her voice (e.g. over the telephone).Ha'u la haree ha'u nia oan nia oin, la buat ida, naran katak bele rona nia lian.