hangs a woven basket (by a strap around her forehead) to take it to the farm to harvest corn. in Tetun
Avoo feto ne'e tara bote lori ba toos atu silu batar.
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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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- Some older women say, if you have swollen glands, then you should take a (cob of) corn and swirl it around the gland seven times. Then smash the corn, or else throw it to the pigs to eat.Ferik balu dehan, se sukaer musan kona, entaun foti batar kose hadulas dala hitu. Depois tuku rahun tiha batar ne'e, se lae, hodi batar ne'e soe tiha ba fahi han.
- Her boyfriend bled her dry till she didn't even have five cents left on her!Nia namoradu ne'e hais nia to'o lima sén mós la iha nia isin!
- How many types of corn did you plant? - We planted two types: ‘quick’ corn and ‘big’ corn.Imi kuda batar oin hira? - Ami kuda oin rua: batar lais ho batar boot.
- Auntie stuck her hairpin through her hair.Tia sikat ulsuku iha fuuk.
- The baby has a temperature. Don’t take her outside.Bebé isin manas hela. Lalika lori nia la'o sai ba li'ur.
- My child is sick. Please take (him/her) to hospital.Ha'u nia oan moras. Favór ida lori ba ospitál.