English → Tetun
obey
kumpri; tuir, halo tuir
All translations
- kumpri; tuir, halo tuirDIT Wordfinder
- obedesetetun.org dictionary
Example sentences
(Romans 13:2) We obey the law of our country.
(Roma 13:1) Ita halo tuir lei sira iha rai ne'ebe ita hela.
But not authorizing means that we must obey.
Mais la autoriza ne'e signifika katak, ita tenki obedese.
But the king did not obey Yahweh's command.
Maibe, liurai la tuir Na'i nia ordem.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “obey”
- I have no alternative, I must obey the orders I have received.Ha'u la iha alternativa seluk, tenke kumpre orden ne'ebé mak ha'u simu.
- The military police obey the rules set for them by the government.Polísia militár kumpre regras ne'ebé governu fó sai bá sira.
- The students have to obey the regulations given out by the school.Estudante sira tenke tuir regulamentu ne'ebé eskola fó sai.