Every morning before coming to work I iron my clothes. in Tetun
Dadeer-dadeer antes mai servisu ha'u sempre estrika ha'u nia ropa.
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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
- Ha'u sei hamaran hela ropa antes ha'u bá servisu.I’m drying the clothes before going to work.
- Ó loroloron tenke kose nehan dala rua, dadeer ho molok atu toba.Every day you must brush your teeth twice, in the morning and before going to bed.
- Ohin dadeer ha'u la bá servisu.This morning I didn't go to work.
- Dadeer-dadeer ha'u nia alin sempre dasa rai.My younger sister does the sweeping every morning.
- Kolu lai labarik nia ropa mak fó hariis.Take off the child’s clothes before giving him a bath.
- Dadeer-dadeer avoo lekar batar ba manu han.Every morning grandma scatters corn for the chickens to eat.