According to law, revenue from oil cannot be used to pay aged (pensions). in Tetun
Tuir lei, reseita hosi mina rai la bele uza hodi selu idozu sira.
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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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- According to our traditional law, we can't eat dog meat.Tuir ami nia lisan, ami la bele han na'an asu.
- When a parent-in-law dies, the sons in law tighten their belts! (because it is so expensive)Bainhira banin mate, mane foun sira kesi sintu metin!
- According to the law which is in force in East Timor, civilians are not allowed to carry arms.Tuir lei ne'ebé vigora iha Timor-Leste, ema sivíl la bele kaer kilat.
- According to Jewish ceremonial law, when the chief priest enters the most holy place, he must burn incense.Tuir lei serimoniál ema Judeu nian, bainhira na'i lulik boot tama iha fatin ne'ebé lulik liu, nia tenke sunu ai-been morin.
- They are all on strike because the boss didn’t pay them according to the standards put out by the government.Sira hotu mogok servisu tanba patraun selu sira la tuir tuir estandar ne'ebé governu fó sai.
- According to the human rights and justice prosecutor, this law contradicts the principles of the constitution.Tuir prokuradór direitus umanus, lei ne'e kontradís ho prinsípiu lei inan.