Go back home! in Tetun
Ó bá fali uma!
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Aspect markers
fali — 'again' / 'back' / 'instead'
faliPlaced after the verb. Can mean 'again / back' or mark an unexpected reversal ('instead'). Context decides which.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Hori ohin ha'u hein ita iha kampus maibé la mai lalais, entaun ha'u fila fali ba uma.Earlier today I waited for you on campus, but you didn’t come quickly, so I went back home.
- 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.
- Ha'u hakarak bá uma.I want to go home.
- Aban ha'u sei mai fali.Tomorrow I will come back.
- Orsida meudia ha'u bá han iha uma.At noon I'll go and eat at home.
- Agora ha'u bá deskansa iha uma.Now I'll go and have a rest at home.