He went to school in Dare for four years. in Tetun
Nia eskola iha Dare durante tinan haat.
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
- Sira lori nia ba Dare, í nia eskola iha ne'ebá.They brought him to Dare, and he went to school there.
- Indonézia okupa ami nia rain durante tinan ruanulu resin haat.Indonesia occupied our land for twenty-four years.
- Liu tiha tinan ida, Maria pasa ba segundu anu ensinu sekundáriu.After a year, Maria went up a grade to the second year of secondary school.
- Durante eskola ne'e nia jornada tinan sanulu resin lima nian, ita enfrenta dezafiu barak.During the 15 years of this school's journey, we have faced many challenges.
- Nia husu kona ba eskola.He asked about school.
- Ha'u bá eskola sa'e mikrolét.I go to school by minibus.