uncle

Example sentences

• "He's my brother, uncle."

  "Dia sodara saya kaka."

• "I helped my uncle repair the house.

  "Ha'u ajuda ha'u nia tiun hadia uma.

• Auntie Martinha is uncle Pedro’s wife.

  Tia Martinha ne'e tiu Pedro nia kaben.

Examples from the 90,000+ sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “uncle”

• Are you ('uncle') hungry?Tiu hamlaha ka?
• Uncle has very thick body hair.Tiu ne'e nia isin fulun mahar loos.
• When uncle farts it’s always loud.Tiu kuandu nia hosu sempre tarutu.
• Auntie Martinha is uncle Pedro’s wife.Tia Martinha ne'e tiu Pedro nia kaben.
• Uncle strangled the chicken to cook it.Tiu ohin buti manu nia kakorok hodi halo modo.