A new company has announced vacancies, but the criteria includes being no more than 25 years old, being slim and pretty. What sort of job is that?! in Tetun
Iha kompañia foun ida loke vaga, maibé nia kritéria feto idade 25 mai kraik, tenke isin lotuk no bonita. Vaga ba servisu saida mak ne'e?!
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Grammar in this phrase
Focus
mak — focus marker
mak'mak' focuses the preceding constituent — used when English would bold or cleft ('it was X who...'). Also forms the superlative with 'liu'.
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nia'nia' goes BEFORE the thing possessed; 'nian' goes AFTER. Both function the same way; position decides which form. 'nia' is also the 3rd-person pronoun (he / she / it) — disambiguate by position.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ha'u rona katak instituisaun ne'e loke vaga, maibé sei hatene loloos.I have heard that this institution has announced job vacancies, but don't know for sure.
- Angela nia isin lotuk no bonita loos.Angela is slim and very pretty.
- Ha'u boot liu nia lori tinan neen.I am six years older than he is.
- Cristina nia isin lotuk, nia bonita loos.Cristina is slim, she’s very pretty.
- Iha 1999, ema barak liu hili independénsia duké autonomia.In 1999, more people chose independence than autonomy.
- Martinha fokit nia matan fulun para halo nia bonita liu tan.Martinha plucks her eyebrows to make herself even more pretty.