while

Example sentences

• "This takes time. It's going to take a while."

  "Ida ne'e presiza tempu.

• After a while, I began to see clearly.

  Liu tiha, komesa ha'u matan moos ona.

• After a while, he said: "Let's go."

  Nonook tiha ba tempu uitoan, nia dehan, "Ita bele ba ona."

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

Phrases using “while”

• Have you just arrived, or been here a while?Ó foin mai ka, mai horihorin ona?
• Now we’ll work in groups of three for a while.Agora ita servisu tol-tolu lai.
• Why is a big boat able to float, while even a small stone sinks?Nusaa mak ro'o todan bele namlele, maibé fatuk ki'ikoan ida mós mout?
• I’ll borrow your blanket to use for a while, as I feel very cold.Ha'u empresta ita nia kapote hodi uza lai, tanba sente malirin loos.
• We met the rector, and talked for a while about the education system.Ami hasoru reitór, í dada lia uitoan kona ba sistema edukasaun nian.