English → Tetun
house
uma; (modern block house)
Example sentences
"A house that has fire, water."
"Uma ne'ebe iha kedan ahi, bee."
"Dader nakukun she has left the house.
"Dader nakukun nia sai ona husi uma.
"I helped my uncle repair the house.
"Ha'u ajuda ha'u nia tiun hadia uma.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “house”
- This is our house.Ne'e ami nia uma.
- Your house is very close to mine.Ita-Boot nia uma besik loos ha'u nian.
- We see dog footprints inside the house.Ami haree asu nia ain fatin iha uma laran.
- Dad sawed wooden posts to build a house.Pai kadoo ai-riin hodi halo uma.
- When I reached the house, dad was sleeping.Bainhira ha'u to'o uma, apá toba hela.