English → Tetun
will
(future) sei; (desire) vontade
Example sentences
"A lot of bad things will happen in 2019.
"Buat aat barak akontese iha tinan 2021.
"A man will eat what he carries.
"Ema ida sei ko'a buat ne'ebe nia kari.
"A service will be great not just for the CAC.
"Servisu ida sei maka'as laos rekai ba iha CAC deit.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “will”
- Will you walk with me to the kios?Mana sei akompaña ha'u ba kios ka lae?
- Whoever works hard will get a bonus.Sé mak servisu badinas, nia hetan bonus.
- None of us know what will happen the next day.Ita hotu la hatene saida mak akontese iha loron tuir mai.
- I will understand quickly if you give good examples.Ha'u sei komprende lalais karik ita fó ezemplu ne'ebé di'ak.
- With such poor kicking, how will you ever kick a goal?!Ain fuik hanesan ne'e, halo nusaa mak bele golu?!