need

Example sentences

• "But to get there, we need consensus.

  "Maibe, atu to'o ida-ne'e presiza konsensu.

• "I don't need to create my own party.

  "Ha'u lapresiza kria ha'u nia partidu ida.

• "I need a justification for this.

  "Ha'u presiza justifikasaun ba ida-ne'e.

Examples from the 90,000+ sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “need”

• Do you need anything?Ita presiza buat ruma ka?
• No need to trouble yourself!Lalikan fadigadu!
• I need a mirror to brush my hair.Ha'u presiza espellu atu sui ha'u nia fuuk.
• I need some ribbon to tie to the champagne.Ha'u presiza fita para kesi ba xampaña.
• The farmers need hoes to turn over the ground.Agrikultór sira presiza enxada atu fila rai.