oldest

Example sentences

• Barter is one of the oldest forms in history.

  Barter sistama osan ida nebe tuan liu iha mundu.

• He also stressed that meetings like this can inspire concrete actions in defense of the oldest forests, which are essential for environmental balance and life.

  Nia subliña mós katak, sorumutu sira hanesan ne'e bele inspira asaun konkreta sira iha defeza ba ai-laran sira ne'ebé tuan liu, ne’ebé esensiál ba ekilíbriu ambientál no ba moris.

• He is the oldest son of seven siblings.

  Nia mak oan mane boot husi maun alin nain hitu (7).

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

Phrases using “oldest”

• Who is the oldest?Sé mak tinan boot liu?
• My oldest son is smart. He always gets good marks at school.Ha'u nia oan mane boot ne'e matenek, nia sempre hetan valór boot iha eskola.