According to the democratic system of government, the people choose their representatives to rule them. in Tetun
Tuir sistema governu demokrasia, povu hili sira nia reprezentante atu ukun 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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- When the people choose a government according to a process that is run properly in accordance with the law, this government is legitimate.Bainhira povu hili governu tuir prosesu ne'ebé la'o ho loos tuir lei, governu ne'e lejítimu.
- When people conduct civic education, they teach the people about political affairs, and also about the rights and responsibilities of the people, to raise their political awareness.Kuandu ema hala'o edukasaun sívika, sira hanorin povu kona ba lia polítiku nian, no mós kona ba direitu no responsabilidade reinu nian, atu foti povu nia konsiénsia polítiku.
- Some senior people who work in the parliament swindle the people of their money.Ema boot servisu iha parlamentu, balu han matak povu nia osan.
- The government has warned the people to not allow their animals loose in the city.Governu aviza populasaun atu la bele husik animál la'o iha sidade laran.
- Estela has set up an online business. When people purchase goods, she takes them to their house.Estela kria bisnis online ida. Bainhira ema hola sasán, nia bele lori ba ema ne'e nia uma.
- 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.