until

Example sentences

• "I'm waiting until now BTL has not come.

  "Ami hein to'o agora BTL seidauk mai.

• "One day we got $95, until school was over.

  "Fulan ida ami hetan dolar 95, to'o eskola remata.

• "The Government will continue providing support and follow-up until this activity produces quality results.

  Filipus Pereira, fó hanoin ba formandu sira, “Governu sei kontinua fó apoiu no akompaña atu atividade ida ne’e hetan rezultadu ne’ebé di’ak liu.

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

Phrases using “until”

• Last week we kept eating fish until we were sick of it!Semana liu ba ami han ikan to'o enjoa tiha de'it!
• The teacher ordered me to kneel until my knees were swollen.Mestre haruka ha'u hakne'ak to'o ha'u nia ain tuur bubu hotu.
• Our meeting yesterday ran from two o'clock until four o'clock.Ita nia enkontru horiseik la'o hosi duas oras to'o kuatru oras.
• People just kept coming in, until the house was full of people.Ema tama mate nabanaban, to'o uma laran ema nakonu.
• This person stretched to and fro until all his bones stuck out.Ema ne'e silu nia an to'o isin ruin sai hotu.