Angela is slim and very pretty. in Tetun
Angela nia isin lotuk no bonita loos.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Intensifiers
Intensifiers (loos, tebes, demais, laduun)
loosPosition 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
- Cristina nia isin lotuk, nia bonita loos.Cristina is slim, she’s very pretty.
- Iha kompañia foun ida loke vaga, maibé nia kritéria feto idade 25 mai kraik, tenke isin lotuk no bonita. Vaga ba servisu saida mak ne'e?!A new company has announced vacancies, but the criteria includes being no more than 25 years old, being slim and pretty. What sort of job is that?!
- karun la halimarvery expensive
- Alex nia nehan mutin loos.Alex’ teeth are very white.
- Tiu ne'e nia isin fulun mahar loos.Uncle has very thick body hair.
- Ha'u ladún gosta ida ne'e.I don’t like this one very much.