Amira’s age is twenty-eight. in Tetun
Amira nia idade agora ruanulu resin ualu.
English → Tetun phrasebook
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
- Distánsia kuda batar iha peskiza ne'e vinte vezes vinte sinku sentímetru.Planting distance for corn in this research was twenty by twenty centimetres.
- Loron ida ha'u servisu oras ualu.I work eight hours per day.
- Ami hela iha ne'e tinan rua nulu resin ona.We have lived here for over twenty years.
- Indonézia okupa ami nia rain durante tinan ruanulu resin haat.Indonesia occupied our land for twenty-four years.
- Ó mate mós la lori ó nia riku, maibé lori de'it ai-kabelak ualu!When you die you won't take your wealth with you, you'll only take eight planks!
- Prizioneiru Martinho arepende nia hahalok oho ema, tanba agora nia tama prizaun tinan ruanulu.Prisoner Martinho regrets committing murder, because now is in jail for twenty years.