All seven of them want to dance, but one has no partner. in Tetun
Sira na'in hitu hakarak dansa hotu, maibé iha ida mak kliik.
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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'.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
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- Ita hotu hakarak moris iha dame nia laran.We all want to live in peace (with others)
- Mestre sira ohin la tama eskola.The teachers (all of them) didn’t go to school today.
- Ó nia ropa bokon hotu, di'ak liu habai tiha.Your clothes are all wet; you’d better hang them out to dry.
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- Labarik sira iha hotu. Só ida de'it mak falta.The children were all present; there was only one who was absent.