English → Tetun
nothing
la ... buat ida, buat ida
Example sentences
"But so far nothing has been done," he said.
"Maibe to'o agora seidauk halo buat ida," nia dehan.
"It has nothing to do with anybody else.
"Ne'e la iha relasaun ruma ho ema seluk.
"No, no. Nothing at all."
"Ema sei hili.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “nothing”
- The candle melted away to nothing.Lilin ne'e nabeen mohu tiha ona.
- Tony does nothing for people who need his love.Toni husik liman ba ema ne'ebé mak presiza nia hadomi.
- What has Januário done to benefit the people?! (Nothing)Januário halo lerek saida ba povu nia di'ak?!
- This noise is nothing new to us. We've heard it so long we're deaf to it.Barullu ne'e la'ós buat foun mai ami, ami rona to'o tilun kaluk tiha ona.