He recommended that I go and work in Australia. in Tetun
Nia rekomenda ha'u bá servisu iha Austrália.
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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
- Ita servisu iha rai li'ur, bele manán osan boot maibé servisu todan.If we work overseas, we can earn a lot of money, but the work is hard.
- Loron ida ha'u servisu oras ualu.I work eight hours per day.
- Ema atus rua servisu iha ne'e.Two hundred people work here.
- Ohin dadeer ha'u la bá servisu.This morning I didn't go to work.
- Ki'ikoan sira nia aman ohin bá servisu.The littlies’ father went to work.
- Atu sai ema, ita presiza serbisu maka'as.To become mature, you must work hard.