A child cried very loudly because her mother hit her. in Tetun
Labarik ida tanis hakilar maka'as loos tanba nia mamá baku.
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This Tetun (Tetum) translation comes from a curated 2,500-phrase parallel corpus drawn from the official tetun.org dictionary by Catharina Williams-van Klinken. Tetun is one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste alongside Portuguese.
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Related phrases
- She cried and cried till her eyes were swollen.Nia tanis to'o matan bubu.
- Maria keeps hassling her mother (to give her) money.Maria sateia hela de'it nia amá tanba osan.
- The mother weans her child and instead gives rice porridge.Inan haketak susu husi nia oan hodi fó han fali sasoro.
- Her boyfriend bled her dry till she didn't even have five cents left on her!Nia namoradu ne'e hais nia to'o lima sén mós la iha nia isin!
- Auntie got into the minibus and held her niece on her lap because the minibus was full of people.Tia sa'e mikrolét hiti de'it nia subriña tanba ema nakonu.
- The mother aborted her baby in the womb just because the man refused to take responsibility (for the baby).Inan ida estraga labarik iha kabun laran tan de'it mane lakohi tau matan.