Boil the water until is boiling before putting it into the thermos. in Tetun
Nono bee to'o nakali mak enxe ba termus.
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Grammar in this phrase
Focus
mak — focus marker
mak'mak' focuses the preceding constituent — used when English would bold or cleft ('it was X who...'). Also forms the superlative with 'liu'.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ha'u ta'es bee manas uza koadór bá termus laran.I’m straining the boiled water into a thermos using a strainer.
- Ha'u nono bee atu halo xá.I am boiling water to make tea.
- Keta tama iha tasi ne'e, bee ne'e kle'an!Don't go into the sea here, the water is deep!
- Fasi tiha sanan para hodi nono bee iha laran.wash the saucepan in order to boil water in it.
- Ha'u bá kuru bee iha bee matan.I'm going to fetch water from the spring/water source.
- Molok atu foru uma, ita pinta kedas tripleks.We'll paint the plywood before putting up the ceiling.