He didn't just resist the Indonesian occupation throughout 25 years, but even before that he carried out resistance against the Portuguese colonialists. in Tetun
Nia la'ós reziste de'it okupasaun Indonézia durante tinan 24 nia laran, maibé uluk kedas reziste hasoru kolonialista Portugés.
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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.
Time expressions
Temporal connectors
kedasCommon time words: 'bainhira / kuandu' = when; 'molok / antes' = before; 'depois' and 'liu tiha' = after; 'kedas' = immediately; 'foin' = only just, very recently; 'kleur' = a long time.
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Related phrases
- Durante tempu okupasaun indonézia Timor oan barak involve an iha movimentu rezisténsia hodi kontra TNI.During the Indonesian occupation, many Timorese were involved in the resistance movement against the Indonesian military.
- Militár Indonézia hala'o estratéjia ida atu separa populasaun sivíl hosi rezisténsia armada.The Indonesian military carried out a strategy to separate the civilian population from the armed resistance.
- Durante okupasaun Indonézia, iha problema barak tanba dezlokasaun obrigatóriu populasaun nian.Throughout the Indonesian occupation there were a lot of problems as a result of forced relocation of the population.
- Nia hetan torturasaun durante tempu okupasaun, tanba nia maun kaer kilat iha ai-laran.He was tortured throughout the (Indonesian) occupation, because his older brother was a gun-carrying (guerrilla) in the jungles.
- Favór repete fali tanba ohin ha'u la rona.Please repeat that as I didn’t hear you before.
- F-fdtl halo operasaun militár iha Same.F-FDTL carried out a military operation in Same.