Auntie is forgetful. So don’t give her things to take home. in Tetun
Tia ne'e haluha dór. Ne'ebé lalika fó sasán ba nia hodi lori ba uma.
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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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