He speaks a very mixed Tetun. He throws in Indonesian words, and then English! in Tetun
Nia ko'alia Tetun rabaraba. Orsida tau tan liafuan Indonézia, orsida tau Inglés!
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This Tetun (Tetum) translation comes from a curated 2,500-phrase parallel corpus drawn from the official tetun.org dictionary by Catharina Williams-van Klinken. Tetun is one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste alongside Portuguese.
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Related phrases
- I prefer speaking Tetun to English.Ha'u prefere ko'alia Tetun duké Inglés.
- Ana speaks Portuguese, her pronunciation is like Tetun.Ana ko'alia Portugés, pronúnsia hanesan Tetun fali.
- He keeps twisting words to and fro, and is inconsistent with his own words.Nia fila lia bá-mai, la konsistente ho nia liafuan rasik.
- During the Indonesian occupation, many Timorese were involved in the resistance movement against the Indonesian military.Durante tempu okupasaun indonézia Timor oan barak involve an iha movimentu rezisténsia hodi kontra TNI.
- Some older women say, if you have swollen glands, then you should take a (cob of) corn and swirl it around the gland seven times. Then smash the corn, or else throw it to the pigs to eat.Ferik balu dehan, se sukaer musan kona, entaun foti batar kose hadulas dala hitu. Depois tuku rahun tiha batar ne'e, se lae, hodi batar ne'e soe tiha ba fahi han.
- very expensivekarun la halimar