strive

All translations

• esforsa aan
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• hakaas aan, esforsa aan
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Example sentences

• As Timor-Leste now looks forward to welcoming the ASEAN Fact-Finding Mission, it remains optimist and continues to strive for a new era of integration and even stronger links with its near neighbours.

  Enkuantu Timor-Leste prepara atu simu Misaun Téknika husi ASEAN, nasaun ne’e kontinua ho optimizmu hodi hateke ba oin no kontinua kria relasaun diak ho nasaun viziñu sira.

• First, families strive to do God’s will.

  Dahuluk, familia sira esforsu-an atu halo tuir Maromak nia hakarak.

• For this reason, he argued that “we must strive to educate the people about the value of peace, because without peace we cannot properly speak of the words ‘human rights, democracy and development’”.

  Tanba ne’e, nia defende katak “Ita tenke haka’as-an atu eduka povu kona-ba valór pás, tanba lahó pás, ita labele ko’alia di’ak kona-ba liafuan ‘direitus umanus, demokrasia, no dezenvolvimentu’”.

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

Phrases using “strive”

• The president added that he will strive to resolve this issue.Prezidente hatutan tan katak nia sei haka'as an atu rezolve problema ida ne'e.
• The universities need to strive to work according to international standards.Universidade sira tenke haka'as an atu servisu tuir estandar internasionál.
• You must strive to keep working and live without depending on other people for handouts.Imi tenke haka'as an nafatin hodi servisu no moris la bele tane liman de'it ba ema seluk.