Alito was startled and choked up the coffee that he was drinking. in Tetun
Alito hakfodak hodi nikis sai kafé ne'ebé nia hemu.
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Grammar in this phrase
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
- Bainhira ha'u kole, ha'u gosta hemu kafé ne'ebé forte loos.When I’m tired, I like drinking very strong coffee.
- Ta'es lai kafé ho koadór mak foin hemu.Filter the coffee with a filter before drinking it.
- Bá hola kafé rahun iha loja para ita halo kafé hemu.Go and get some powdered coffee from the shop so we can make some coffee to drink.
- Maria ohin ku'u kafé, tau iha bote, haklulu hosi kafé laran mai to'o iha uma.Maria went and picked coffee today, put it in a basket, and carried it home from the coffee plantation on her back.
- Naza kaan loos atu hemu kafé.Naza craves to drink coffee.
- Ami uza ai-kait hodi ku'u kafé.We use a hooked stick to pick coffee.