He borrowed a thousand dollars from the Ultramarino Bank. in Tetun
Nia kredit míl dolar iha Banku Ultramarino.
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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
- Ha'u iha osan dua ribu dolar iha banku.I have two thousand dollars in the bank.
- Ne'e dolar rihun ida atus lima.This is one thousand five hundred dollars.
- Nia hatama osan ba banku.He deposited money in the bank.
- Timor seidauk iha banku agríkola.Timor doesn't yet have an agricultural bank.
- Ful-fulan, ami nia osan tama dolar atus tolu.Our monthly income is three hundred dollars. s
- Ha'u tenke rai osan iha banku ba futuru nian.I need to save money in the bank for the future.