near

Example sentences

• (Ps 9:10) He will draw near to us.

  (Sal 9:10) Nia sei hakbesik liutan ba Ita.

• 10 Value has been put near the tree's stem.

  10 Baliu tau ona besik ai-hun nia abut.

• 2:4-9 The good men, draw near to the Lord.

  2, 4-9 Doben sira: hakbesik-an ba Na'i.

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

Phrases using “near”

• I feel calm when I am near my family.Ha'u laran hakmatek waiñira ha'u besik família.
• That lion is very fierce. Don’t stand near it.Liaun ne'ebá si'ak loos. Keta bá hamriik besik.
• There is also water spinach and watercress growing near the spring at the bottom of the field.Iha mós kanko ho agriaun moris iha bee matan iha to’os kidun.
• Normally you don't go near a church, but when someone is close to death you go and look for a priest.Loron baileet imi la besik igreja, tempu agonia ona mak imi buka padre.
• We should have already arrived in Lospalos, but we had a flat tyre near Baucau (so are not there yet).Tuir loos, ami to'o ona Lospalos, maibé roda kuak besik Baucau.