Alcatraz’s vocalist sings with a magnificent voice. in Tetun
Alcatraz nia vokalista kanta ho lian furak tebes.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Intensifiers
Intensifiers (loos, tebes, demais, laduun)
tebesPosition matters. 'loos' / 'tebes' / 'demais' follow the adjective ('barak loos' = very many). 'laduun' PRECEDES the adjective ('laduun diak' = not very good). 'liu tan' = even more.
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
- Mestra hanorin ami loron tomak, ko'alia to'o nia lian maran.Our teacher taught us all day, till he lost his voice.
- Sales kantadór di'ak ida, nia tuir kompetisaun The Voice iha Dili.Sales is a good singer, he joined The Voice competition in Dili.
- Ha'u la haree ha'u nia oan nia oin, la buat ida, naran katak bele rona nia lian.If I don’t see my child, that’s OK, so long as I can hear her voice (e.g. over the telephone).
- Maria grava nia avoo nia lian uza telefone, para aban-bainrua bele rona fali.Maria recorded her grandmother’s voice using a telephone, so that in future she can listen to it again.