How do you say "Don’t walk barefoot, or you could cut your foot." in Tetun?

"Don’t walk barefoot, or you could cut your foot." in Tetun is "La bele la'o ain tanan, se lae ain bele kanek.".

Tetun Translator

Don’t walk barefoot, or you could cut your foot. in Tetun

La bele la'o ain tanan, se lae ain bele kanek.

English → Tetun phrasebook

Possibility & probability
bele / parese / dala ruma / kala — possibility
bele
Tetun hedges less than English, but has a cluster of markers. 'bele' before the verb = can / may. 'parese' at the start = 'seems'. 'dala ruma' at the start of a clause = 'perhaps, sometimes'. 'kala / kal' before a number = 'approximately'.
Conditionals
se / karik — conditionals
se
'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.
Negation
la — 'not' (general negation)
la
Placed before verbs and adjectives to negate them. For contrastive 'not X but Y' use 'laós'; for 'not yet' use 'seidauk'; for 'no longer' wrap 'la ... ona' around the verb.

More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.

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