Dad sawed wooden posts to build a house. in Tetun
Pai kadoo ai-riin hodi halo 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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- We need a temporary house to stay in until we can build our own house.Ita presiza uma provizóriu ida atu hela to'o ita bele harii ita nia uma rasik.
- My neighbour build a high wall around the house out of fear that people would throw rocks (at the house).Ha'u nia viziñu halo moru aas hale'u uma tanba ta'uk ema tuda.
- When I reached the house, dad was sleeping.Bainhira ha'u to'o uma, apá toba hela.
- My dad sawed a teak tree to make chairs and tables.Ha'u nia apá kadoo ai-teka atu halo ba meza ho kadeira.
- Our budget is not big enough to build a good house.Ami nia orsamentu la to'o atu halo uma di'ak.
- We are going to buy a plot of land to build a house.Ami atu sosa rai pedasuk ida atu halo uma.