English → Tetun
start
hahuu, komesa; (work...)
Example sentences
"How is it from start to finish?
"Husi inisiu to'o remata ne'e oinsa?
"It's a great way to start out," he said.
Nune'e maka moris hakarak ida hodi harii eskola ida," nia explika.
"Let's start from scratch.
"Ita hahu hosi zero.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “start”
- Now we'll start on a specific topic, that of the armed forces.Agora ita tama ba tópiku espesífiku ida, kona ba forsas armadas.
- I keep trying to kick-start this motorbike, but it won't start.Motór ne'e, ha'u tebe tebe nia starta, la moris.
- Bring the food and put it on the table so that people can start eating.Lori hahán ne'e bá hatuur iha meza leten para ema bele han ona.
- Don't wait for each other. When you see what needs to be done, start on some of it.Keta hein malu. Haree servisu sira ne'e, halo uluk bal-balu ona.
- The students arranged the chairs and tables in the classroom before the start of class.Estudante sira arma kadeira ho meza iha klase laran molok atu hahú aula.