thousands

Example sentences

• "These measures protect the jobs of thousands of existing workers and many others in the informal sector not covered by the previous wage subsidy scheme.

  “Medida sira-ne’e proteje empregu ba traballadór rihun ba rihun ne’ebé mak iha no barak mak iha setór informál, ne’ebé la inklui iha rejime subsídiu salariál anteriór sira.

• After an impressive fireworks display enjoyed by several thousands of people attending, the President of the Republic signed the plaque at the foot of the memorial.

  Hafoin lansamentu fogu-festa nian, ne’ebé asiste husi ema rihun ba rihun ne’ebé partisipa iha serimónia ne’e, Prezidente Repúblika asina plaka ne’ebé hatuur iha monumentu ne’e nia huun.

• After his arrival, Pope Francis went to the Apostolic Nunciature in Motael, where he will be staying during his stay in the country, and was greeted by thousands of people along the way.

  Hafoin nia to’o, Papa Francisco bá iha Nunsiatura Apostólika, iha Motael, iha ne’ebé nia sei hela durante ninia permanénsia iha Timor-Leste, no hetan saudasaun husi ema rihun ba rihun durante perkursu.

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

Phrases using “thousands”

• Thousands of people died during the war.Ema rihun-rahun mak mate iha tempu funu nian.
• Thousands of people attended the mass on the 12th of October when the Pope came (in 1989).Ema rihun ba rihun mai tuir misa iha doze dé Outubru bainhira amu papa mai.