He gave me a book. in Tetun
Nia fó livru mai ha'u.
English → Tetun phrasebook
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 fó $1, nia volta fali 50c.I gave (him) a dollar, and he gave me fifty cents change.
- Ha'u fó livru Ingles ba kolega para fó tutan ba profesora.I gave an English book to a friend to pass on to the teacher.
- Livru ne'e ninian.This book is hers.
- Livru ne'e Joana nian karik.This book might be Joana’s.
- Ita gosta livru ida ne'ebé?Which (one) book do you like?
- Livru ne'e iha pájina atus tolu.This book has three hundred pages.