English → Tetun
ready
prontu
Example sentences
"Be prepared, be organized. Be ready to go."
"Ita preparadu, ita organizadu.
"But FRETILIN is the only party that's ready.
"Maibe Partidu FRETILIN uniku partidu ida-ne'ebe prontu.
"For my party, I'm ready.
"Ba ha'u nia partidu, ha'u prontu tiha ona.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “ready”
- The food is ready. Just ask them to come and eat.Hahán feitu ona, haruka sira mai han de'it.
- The meal is ready on the table. Let’s go and eat.Hahán prontu ona iha meza leten. Mai ita bá han ona.
- In Hudi Laran, the youth are getting ready to receive Our Lady.Iha Hudi Laran, juventude sira halo preparasaun atu simu Na'in Feto.
- November is the rainy season, so it’s better to get ready for it by getting a raincoat.Fulan Novembru tempu udan, ne'ebé hola kapa prepara antes udan mai.
- The holy day of Christmas is coming. Let’s get ready for all of us to celebrate with our families.Besik ona loron boot Natál, prepara para ita hotu selebra hamutuk ho família.