like

All translations

• (fond of) gosta, laran kona
  DIT Wordfinder
• (similar to) hanesan
  DIT Wordfinder
• gosta
  DIT Justice Sector textbook

Example sentences

• "Accords like this shouldn't have happened.

  "Akontesementu sira hanesan ne'e, loloos labele akontese ona.

• "Actually he couldn't be drunk like that.

  "Tuir loloos nia labele bebas hanesan ne'e.

• "Balun covers his face like a ninja.

  "Balun taka oin hanesan ninja.

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

Phrases using “like”

• What sport do you like playing?Desportu saida mak ita gosta halimar?
• Don’t shake/rock the baby like that!La bele doko bebé hanesan ne'e!
• I like seeing fish raised in an aquarium.Ha'u gosta haree ikan ne'ebé hakiak iha akuárium laran.
• You're older but act like a little child!Ó ne'e besi tuan tiha ona, hahalok hanesan labarik ki'ikoan!
• Some people like bitter gourd, some don’t.Ema balu gosta baria, balu la gosta.