past

Example sentences

• "In the past we had experiences like this.

  "Tempu uluk ami iha esperensia hanesan ne'e.

• "Timoreans are very proud of their past.

  "Timoroan sente orgullu tebes ho pasadu.

• "We learn from the past.

  "Ami aprende hosi pasadu.

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

Phrases using “past”

• Half past threeTuku tolu ho balun
• In the past, Timor became a colony of Portugal.Uluk, Timor sai kolónia Portugál nian.
• My mother usually tells us story about the past.Ha'u nia amá baibain konta istória ba ami kona ba tempu uluk na'in.
• If someone walks past on the road, our dog always barks.Se ema ida la'o liu iha estrada, ami nia asu sempre hatenu.
• I don’t like thinking back to the difficult times in the past.Ha'u la gosta hanoin fila fali tempu susar pasadu nian.