He/she didn't bathe. in Tetun
Nia la hariis.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Negation
la — 'not' (general negation)
laPlaced before verbs and adjectives to negate them. For contrastive 'not X but Y' use 'laós'; for 'not yet' use 'seidauk'; for 'no longer' wrap 'la ... ona' around the verb.
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 haree João hariis la moos, sabaun furin sei iha nia tilun laran.I can see that João didn’t bathe properly, there are still soap suds in his ears.
- Ha'u la bá ida!I didn't go!
- Ana lakohi hariis.Ana doesn't want to bathe.
- Ha'u la hetan doit metan ida!I didn't get any money at all!
- Pora! Nusaa mak ohin nia la mai?!Good grief! Why didn't he come!
- Nia la prienxe rekezitu.He didn't meet the requirements.