English → Tetun
someone
ema ida
Example sentences
"He is someone else, He cannot be Himself!
"Nia soy ema seluk, la bele soy Nia-an rasik!
"We have prepared someone to replace him.
"Ami prepara ona ema ne'ebe atu troka.
"When someone does it from the US.
"Bainhira ema ruma halo ne'e hosi EUA.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “someone”
- Don't touch it. It's someone else's.Keta book. Ne'e ema nian.
- Doctor Gaspar saved the life of someone’s child.Doutór Gaspar salva ema nia oan ida nia vida.
- If someone walks past on the road, our dog always barks.Se ema ida la'o liu iha estrada, ami nia asu sempre hatenu.
- If someone speaks evil of us, we should respond politely.Se ema hatete aat ita, di'ak liu ita hatán ho di'ak de'it.
- When the septic tank is full, get someone to pump it out.Kuandu tanke sentina nakonu, haruka ema mai supa sai.