He arrived in Dare at five o'clock. in Tetun
Nia to'o iha Dare tuku lima.
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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
- Ita nia enkontru horiseik la'o hosi duas oras to'o kuatru oras.Our meeting yesterday ran from two o'clock until four o'clock.
- Ita aban bá Laclubar, star hosi ne'e tuku lima.Tomorrow when we go to Laclubar, we depart from here at five o'clock.
- Loroloron iha tuku lima loraik, amu ho sarani sira reza iha gruta Comoro.Every day at five o’clock, the priest and Christian (lay people) pray at the Comoro grotto.
- loron lima liubáfive days ago
- Ita almosu iha uma ora.We'll have lunch at one o'clock.
- Sira mai pás tuku rua.They came at exactly two o'clock.