Good grief! Why didn't he come! in Tetun
Pora! Nusaa mak ohin nia la mai?!
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This Tetun (Tetum) translation comes from a curated 2,500-phrase parallel corpus drawn from the official tetun.org dictionary by Catharina Williams-van Klinken. Tetun is one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste alongside Portuguese.
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Related phrases
- Today Maria didn’t come to work. Perhaps she is sick.Ohin Maria la mai servisu. Dala ruma nia moras.
- How come a greedy woman ends up marrying a good man like Melki!Feto karak-teen hola loos mane ida di'ak hanesan Melki ne'e!
- To receive (your) money, come in one at a time; you can’t come in together.Atu simu osan, tama ida-ida; la bele tama hamutuk.
- Earlier today I waited for you on campus, but you didn’t come quickly, so I went back home.Hori ohin ha'u hein ita iha kampus maibé la mai lalais, entaun ha'u fila fali ba uma.
- The boss' communication and business skills aren't very good, so his plans didn't eventuate.Patraun nia skil komunikasaun ho bisnis nian ladún di'ak, entaun nia planu la la'o ba oin.
- I didn't go!Ha'u la bá ida!