Here in Tasi Tolu, people can’t bathe, as it taboo. in Tetun
Iha Tasi Tolu nenee, ema la bele hariis, tanba tasi ne'e lulik.
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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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- You can't eat the fruit yet, because it is still under the horok taboo. You can only eat the fruit once the king removes the horok.La bele han ai-fuan ne'e lai, tanba sei tara hela horok. Aban liurai sei hasai horok mak bele han.
- When people conduct civic education, they teach the people about political affairs, and also about the rights and responsibilities of the people, to raise their political awareness.Kuandu ema hala'o edukasaun sívika, sira hanorin povu kona ba lia polítiku nian, no mós kona ba direitu no responsabilidade reinu nian, atu foti povu nia konsiénsia polítiku.
- You can’t smoke here!La bele fuma sigaru iha ne'e!
- Two hundred people work here.Ema atus rua servisu iha ne'e.
- I went to learn motorcycle riding in Tasi Tolu.Ha'u bá treina motór iha Tasi Tolu.
- We need to be alert, so people can’t manipulate us.Ita tenke matan moris neon na'in para ema la bele manipula ita.