Even though you have a lot of work to do, you still need to take care the children too. in Tetun
Mezmu ó nia serbisu barak, maibé tenke atende mós labarik sira.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nia'nia' goes BEFORE the thing possessed; 'nian' goes AFTER. Both function the same way; position decides which form. 'nia' is also the 3rd-person pronoun (he / she / it) — disambiguate by position.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Labarik ne'e kalan boot ona mós matan lakan nafatin.Even though it is late at night, this child is still wide awake.
- Nia tau ropa dalas haat mós, sei malirin nafatin.Even though she wore four layers of clothing, she still felt cold.
- Ita servisu iha rai li'ur, bele manán osan boot maibé servisu todan.If we work overseas, we can earn a lot of money, but the work is hard.
- Labarik lombriga iha nia kabun laran presiza hemu ai-moruk para nia sai tiha.Children who have intestinal worms need to take some medicine to get rid of them.
- Ropa ne'e sei bok-bokon hela, Atoy obriga hatais de'it, tanba nia tarde ona bá eskola.Even though his clothes were still somewhat wet, Atoy had to wear them, because he was late for school.
- Ema barak mate. Iha mós ema kanek na'in hitu mak ami konsege lori ba ospitál, maski dook.Many people died. There were also seven injured people whom we managed to take to hospital, even though it was a long way.