Filter the coffee with a filter before drinking it. in Tetun
Ta'es lai kafé ho koadór mak foin hemu.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Aspect markers
lai — 'first' / polite request
laiAfter the verb or object, 'lai' means 'first, for a moment' — often softens a request by implying the action won't last long.
Focus
mak — focus marker
mak'mak' focuses the preceding constituent — used when English would bold or cleft ('it was X who...'). Also forms the superlative with 'liu'.
Time expressions
Temporal connectors
foinCommon time words: 'bainhira / kuandu' = when; 'molok / antes' = before; 'depois' and 'liu tiha' = after; 'kedas' = immediately; 'foin' = only just, very recently; 'kleur' = a long time.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Bainhira ha'u kole, ha'u gosta hemu kafé ne'ebé forte loos.When I’m tired, I like drinking very strong coffee.
- Alito hakfodak hodi nikis sai kafé ne'ebé nia hemu.Alito was startled and choked up the coffee that he was drinking.
- Bá hola kafé rahun iha loja para ita halo kafé hemu.Go and get some powdered coffee from the shop so we can make some coffee to drink.
- Maria ohin ku'u kafé, tau iha bote, haklulu hosi kafé laran mai to'o iha uma.Maria went and picked coffee today, put it in a basket, and carried it home from the coffee plantation on her back.
- Naza kaan loos atu hemu kafé.Naza craves to drink coffee.
- Ami uza ai-kait hodi ku'u kafé.We use a hooked stick to pick coffee.