poor

Example sentences

• "Communism is not to make people poor.

  "Komunizmu La'os Atu Halo Aat Ema.

• "My re-candidacy comes from the poor people.

  "Hau nia re-kandidata an ne'e mai husi ema sira kiak sira.

• "There are no rich, there isn't any poor.

  "La iha riku, la iha ki'ak.

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

Phrases using “poor”

• I am aware that I am a poor person.Ha'u hatene an katak ha'u ema kiak.
• Uncle Marito is poor. He needs our help.Tiu Marito ema kiak ida, nia presiza ita nia ajuda.
• With such poor kicking, how will you ever kick a goal?!Ain fuik hanesan ne'e, halo nusaa mak bele golu?!
• Some poor children have no homes, and wander all round Dili.Labarik kiak balu la iha uma, la'o lemo-lemo iha Dili laran.
• The government has a commitment to improve the life of the poor.Governu halo ona komitmentu atu hadi'a povu kiak sira nia moris.