He kicked the ball, and it fell all the way over there! in Tetun
Nia tebe bola, monu ó! iha ne'ebá!
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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
- Hudi ne'ebá tohar tanba nia fulin mesak bokar de'it.The banana tree over there broke off, as its bananas are all really big.
- Hori kalan rai nakdoko, ami hotu halai saruntu malu ba li'ur, to'o avoo monu hanehan tan ha'u nia alin.Last night there was an earthquake, and we all stampeded out of the house, so much so that grandma fell on top of my younger brother.
- Ami hotu hela iha ne'ebá.We all stayed there.
- La bele hamriik iha ne'ebá!Don't stand over there!
- Udan mai halo ha'u nia ropa bokon hotu.Rain fell and wet all my clothes.
- Bainhira balde monu, bee ne'e nakfakar hotu.When the bucket fell, the water all spilled out.