At seven in the morning there’s always a flag raising ceremony at the national military headquarters. in Tetun
Dadeer tuku hitu sempre dada bandeira iha kuartél jerál F-fdtl nian.
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Grammar in this phrase
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nian'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
- Hotu-hotu favór hamriik hodi presta omenajen ba bandeira nasionál.Everyone please stand to pay honour to the national flag.
- Segunda ita tama eskola sedu para ita hotu dada bandeira.On Monday, we will all go to school early for flag-raising.
- Tenke iha konsiderasaun polítika atu rezolve problema militár ida ne'e.There needs to be political thinking on how to resolve this military problem.
- Iha ami nia bairu kuandu ema tuda malu, ami sempre dere besi.In our suburb, when there is a rock fight, we always bang metal (as a warning).
- Ita halo funu durante 24 anus, la'ós insusesu de'it, susesu mós iha.During those 24 years that we fought, there weren't just failures, there were also successes.
- Komadante forsa hetan tiru hosi ema deskoñesidu ida waiñira nia la'o ba kuartél jerál.The commander of the military got shot by an unknown individual as he walked to the headquarters.