rule

All translations

• (govern) ukun; (instruction)
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• regra
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Example sentences

• "Government must rule to the bottom.

  "Governu tenki ukun to'o baze.

• "The rule of the constitution gives way.

  "Regra konstituisaun fo dalan.

• "Their heads rule people, not the land.

  "Nai ulun sira ukun ema, la'os ukun rai.

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

Phrases using “rule”

• We believed that some day Timor would rule itself (be independent).Ami fiar katak loron ruma Timor sei ukun an.
• According to the democratic system of government, the people choose their representatives to rule them.Tuir sistema governu demokrasia, povu hili sira nia reprezentante atu ukun sira.