English → Tetun
unable
la bele
Example sentences
Afonso faced financial problems, making him unable to continue his his study at university.
Afonso hasoru problema finanseiru, halo nia la bele kontinua nia estudu iha universidade.
Alita is unable to speak, she uses gestures to communicate with us.
Alita gugulai, nia uza jestu hodi komunika ho ita.
Conflict in our country makes us unable to live in peace and quiet.
Konflitu iha ita nia rai laran halo ita moris la hakmatek.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “unable”
- We chased the thief but were unable to catch up.Ami duni na'ok-teen la toman.
- I have got terrible arthritis, making me unable to sleep well.Ha'u nia ruin siin loos, halo ha'u toba mós la di'ak.
- Alita is unable to speak, she uses gestures to communicate with us.Alita gugulai, nia uza jestu hodi komunika ho ita.
- Conflict in our country makes us unable to live in peace and quiet.Konflitu iha ita nia rai laran halo ita moris la hakmatek.
- Afonso faced financial problems, making him unable to continue his his study at university.Afonso hasoru problema finanseiru, halo nia la bele kontinua nia estudu iha universidade.