Don’t hang out with the drunkards. Otherwise, you could become a drunkard too. in Tetun
La bele ranxu ho ema lanu-teen sira. Se lae, ó mós bele sai lanu-teen hotu.
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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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- This lady likes to gossip. Don’t hang out with her.Feto ne'e lori lia tuun sa'e. Keta ranxu nia.
- I threw out my telephone because otherwise I'd spend too much time playing games.Ha'u soe ha'u nia telefone tanba se lae halimar game demais.
- Don’t roast the potatoes on the fire for too long, otherwise they will all be burnt.La bele tunu fehuk kleur liu iha ahi, se la bele motuk hotu.
- Don't cry too much for me!Keta tanis resik tanba ha'u!
- Don’t annoy the dog. It could bite you.Keta book asu. Asu bele tata ó.
- Salaries this month came out much too late!Saláriu fulan ne'e atrazu demais!