English → Tetun
slowly
neineik
Example sentences
Business in Timor-Leste is moving very slowly.
Komérsiu iha Timor-leste la'o susar tebes.
Fretilin is still advancing, but only slowly.
Fretilin avansa nafatin deit.
I paid off this debt slowly. It took me a year to pay it off completely.
Tusan ne'e ha'u selu neineik-neineik, to'o tinan ida foin selu kotu.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “slowly”
- Maria walks slowly.Maria la'o neineik.
- Please, speak slowly.Favór ida, ko'alia neineik.
- Business in Timor-Leste is moving very slowly.Komérsiu iha Timor-leste la'o susar tebes.
- I paid off this debt slowly. It took me a year to pay it off completely.Tusan ne'e ha'u selu neineik-neineik, to'o tinan ida foin selu kotu.
- The truck is moving very slowly in front (of us), creating a traffic jam.Kareta kamioneta halai neineik loos iha oin, halo macet de'it.