As a father I have to protect my wife and children. in Tetun
Hanesan aman ha'u tenke proteje ha'u nia kaben ho ha'u nia oan.
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This Tetun (Tetum) translation comes from a curated 2,500-phrase parallel corpus drawn from the official tetun.org dictionary by Catharina Williams-van Klinken. Tetun is one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste alongside Portuguese.
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- When I escaped to Atambua, I left my wife and children behind in Timor.Ha'u halai ba Atambua, ha'u nia feen, ha'u nia oan, ha'u husik hela iha Timor.
- Don’t commit domestic violence, for instance beating your wife or children.La bele halo violénsia doméstika, por ezemplu baku ita nia feen ka oan.
- Uncle Domingos always kisses his children and his wife before leaving for work.Tiu Domingos sempre rei nia oan ho nia kaben molok nia bá servisu.
- Many children are sick with malaria. Therefore we appeal to parents to use mosquito nets for the children.Labarik barak moras malária. Ne'e duni husu ba inan-aman atu uza muskiteiru ba labarik sira.
- Dete is Azay's wife.Dete mak Azay nia ruin sorin.
- We met two children there.Ami hasoru labarik na'in rua iha ne'ebá.