English → Tetun
way
dalan; (manner) maneira
Example sentences
"Everyone knows your way of playing.
"Ema hotu konese nini maneira atu joga.
"He shows us the way. He is our guide."
"Nia mak hatudu dalan ba ita.
"I don't want to go all the way there.
"Ha'u lakohi tama to'o iha ne'eba.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “way”
- Brother, do you know the way to Ermera?Maun, ita hatene dalan bá Ermera ka?
- The Lord Jesus is our way to salvation.Ita nia dalan salvasaun mak Na'i Jesus.
- This person talks one way, acts another.Ema ne'e ko'alia oin ida, hahalok oin ida.
- He kicked the ball, and it fell all the way over there!Nia tebe bola, monu ó! iha ne'ebá!
- My mother’s way of teaching us at home is to speak calmly.Ha'u nia amá nia maneira hanorin ami uma laran mak ko'alia ho kalma.