English → Tetun
sing
hananu; kanta
Example sentences
"I could sing to him. I can do it for her."
"Ha'u bele kanta ba nia.
At that moment, I was ready to sing.
Iha mementu ne'eba, ha'u prepara tiha ona atu ba kanta.
I hear them in my head and then i sing."
Hau rona sira iha ha'u nia ulun no depois ha'u kanta."
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “sing”
- Let's sing.Mai ita bá hananu.
- Some people sing well, but stutter when they speak.Ema balu kanta di'ak, maibé ko'alia gagu.
- Let’s sing together with one heart, glorifying God.Mai ita hananu hamutuk ho laran ida hodi fó glória ba Na'i Maromak.
- The child is still a bit shy about going to the front to sing (but s/he does it).Labarik ne'e atu bá kanta iha oin sei mo-moe.
- In responsorial psalms, a group in the choir sing the solo, the congregation sing the refrain.Iha salmu responsoriál, grupu ida iha koru kanta solu, sarani sira kanta refraun.