English → Tetun
poor
kiak; kualidade la diak, la
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 46,000-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.