Antonio borrowed $100 from me, and repaid with $10 interest. in Tetun
Antonio empresta ha'u nia osan dolar atus ida, í selu fali ho funan dolar sanulu.
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Grammar in this phrase
Aspect markers
fali — 'again' / 'back' / 'instead'
faliPlaced after the verb. Can mean 'again / back' or mark an unexpected reversal ('instead'). Context decides which.
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
- Ha'u hanaran ha'u nia oan naran "Antonio".I name/call? my child "Antonio".
- Nia kredit míl dolar iha Banku Ultramarino.He borrowed a thousand dollars from the Ultramarino Bank.
- Ministru ne'e uza tiha rikusoin estadu nian ba nia interese privadu.This minister has used state property for his own self-interest.
- Martinho bá kobra nia osan iha ema ne'ebé deve nia.Martinho went to collect money from those who had borrowed from him.
- Iha tempu uluk, osan seidauk iha, Antonio fó manu troka ho Maria nia fós.In the past, before there was money, Antonio gave money in exchange for Maria's rice.
- Ha'u iha klínika privada, maibé ha'u la'ós funsionáriu, entaun la iha konflitu interese.I have a private clinic, but am not a public servant, so there is no conflict of interest.