He hit me with a club. in Tetun
Nia baku ha'u ho ai-dona.
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
- Horiseik klubu Rusa Fuik hasoru klubu Bintang Baucau.Yesterday the Wild Deer club played against the Baucau Stars club.
- Ó neon la iha, labarik ki'ikoan mós ó baku!You're crazy, you even hit little children!
- Sira hosi klubu Benfica mak manán ohin loraik ne'e.Those from the Benfica club won this afternoon.
- Toni siku uluk ha'u mak ha'u baku nia.Toni elbowed me first, and only then did I hit him.
- Labarik ida tanis hakilar maka'as loos tanba nia mamá baku.A child cried very loudly because her mother hit her.
- Ha'u tafui kabeen hosi uma laran ba li'ur kona loos ba Domingos nia oin.I spat from inside the house and it hit Domingos’ face.