English → Tetun
touch
kona; (no space between)
Example sentences
"Do not touch the child, do no harm to him.
"Keta halo o liman kona labarik ne'e, keta halo aat ba nia.
"I don't see his feet, I do not touch him.
"Hau sedauk hare nia oin halusa, sedauk kontaktu ho nia.
"Please, don't ever touch me!"
"Favor mai fali ho ha'u!"
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “touch”
- Hey! Don't touch that!Hei! La bele book!
- Don't touch it. It's someone else's.Keta book. Ne'e ema nian.
- The hen is brooding. Don't touch it.Manu inan ne'e luut hela nia oan, keta book.
- This motorbike is theirs. Don’t touch it.Motór nia sira nian, la bele book.
- Madalena blew on her hand which had just had hot water touch it.Madalena huu nia liman ida ohin bee manas kona.