English → Tetun
his
nia, nian, ninia, ninian (ba
Example sentences
"Balun covers his face like a ninja.
"Balun taka oin hanesan ninja.
"Di'akliu every one carries out his kna’ar.
"Di'akliu idak-idak hala'o nia kna'ar.
"Everyone can see and just close his eyes.
"Buat hotu bele haree no nakloke de'it ba nia matan.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “his”
- His name is Francisco, alias Mausoko.Nia naran Francisco, aliás Mausoko.
- His statement shows clearly that this party is about to split.Nia afirmasaun ne'e hatudu momoos katak partidu ne'e atu nakfera ona.
- When his father didn't give him money he just cried intensely.Nia aman la fó osan nia ne'e mak nia tanis halo bulak rai tiha de'it ne'e.
- Teacher Mario resigned from his work as he didn’t like his boss.Mestre Mario dada an hosi nia servisu tanba la gosta nia xefe.
- Marito signed to Jonas with his eyes to show that it was time to go.Marito baku matan ba Jonas atu hatudu katak sira tenke bá ona.