Cut the chicken into small pieces, so that there is enough for us all. in Tetun
Koá na'an manu ne'e halo ki'ik, para han karik to'o ba ita hotu.
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Grammar in this phrase
Conditionals
se / karik — conditionals
karik'se' opens a definite conditional ('if X, then Y'). 'karik' sits at the end of a clause and hedges it ('perhaps'); it can also mark an uncertain conditional.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Na'an ne'e koá halo pedasuk-pedasuk.Cut this meat into pieces.
- Fera ai-moruk halo kiki'ik atu fó ba labarik ne'e.Break the pills into small pieces to give to the child.
- Manu tama dapur halo foos hotu namkari tuun ba rai.The chicken went into the kitchen and caused all the rice to be scattered on the ground.
- Ami hotu hela iha ne'ebá.We all stayed there.
- Nia tebe bola, monu ó! iha ne'ebá!He kicked the ball, and it fell all the way over there!
- Labarik sira iha hotu. Só ida de'it mak falta.The children were all present; there was only one who was absent.