some

Example sentences

• "Chinese President, Xi Jinping, some time ago said that China would honour its commitment to make a vaccine for the good of the general population.

  Prezidente Xinês, Xi Jinping hateten iha tempu ida katak Xina sei honra nia kompromissu atu halo vasina ba diak públiku global nian.

• "I have some good friends, and I like this.

  "Ha'u iha belun di'ak balu, no ha'u gosta ida-ne'e.

• "I used it to make some extra money.

  "Ha'u uza ne'e hodi hetan tan osan balun.

Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “some”

• Some people like bitter gourd, some don’t.Ema balu gosta baria, balu la gosta.
• I feel that I have a fever. I need to take some medicine.Ha'u sente isin manas fali, ha'u presiza hemu ai-moruk.
• Last month Dili faced some problems, especially in Fatumeta.Fulan liu ba ne'e sidade Dili enfrenta problema uitoan, espesialmente iha Fatumeta.
• Some people roll tobacco in corn husks to make their own cigarettes.Ema balu lulun tabaku ho batar kulit hodi halo rasik sigaru.
• Problems arose in some places, but in general the campaign went well.Iha fatin balu mosu problema, maibé en jerál kampaña ne'e la'o ho di'ak.