wife

All translations

• feen
  DIT Wordfinder
• ferik-oan
  DIT Wordfinder
• kaben (feto), feen
  DIT Wordfinder
• kaben-feto
  tetun.org dictionary

Example sentences

• "I said this to his wife and children.

  "Ha'u hateten hanesan ne'e ba nia feen ho nia oan.

• "I've told my wife and me before.

  "Ha'u hatete ona antes ba ha'u-nia feen-kaben.

• 13 So Boaz took Ruth and made her his wife.

  13 Nune'e, Boaz hola Rute nu'udar ninia feen.

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

Phrases using “wife”

• Dete is Azay's wife.Dete mak Azay nia ruin sorin.
• Auntie Martinha is uncle Pedro’s wife.Tia Martinha ne'e tiu Pedro nia kaben.
• As a father I have to protect my wife and children.Hanesan aman ha'u tenke proteje ha'u nia kaben ho ha'u nia oan.
• António praised his wife because she cooked a tasty meal.António gaba nia ferik oan tanba nia te'in midar loos.
• I enjoy playing tennis, however my wife enjoys volleyball more.Ha'u gosta joga tenis, maibé ha'u nia kaben gosta liu joga voli.