How can we get money to pay for schooling? in Tetun
Oinsá mak ita bele hetan osan atu selu eskola?
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Focus
mak — focus marker
mak'mak' focuses the preceding constituent — used when English would bold or cleft ('it was X who...'). Also forms the superlative with 'liu'.
Possibility & probability
bele / parese / dala ruma / kala — possibility
beleTetun hedges less than English, but has a cluster of markers. 'bele' before the verb = can / may. 'parese' at the start = 'seems'. 'dala ruma' at the start of a clause = 'perhaps, sometimes'. 'kala / kal' before a number = 'approximately'.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Dezafiu boot ne'ebé ha'u hasoru mak la iha osan atu selu ha'u nia eskola.A major challenge I am facing is that I don’t have money to pay for my schooling.
- Osan sei manán justisa mundu nian, tanba hodi osan ema sala bele sai ba loos.Money will defeat justice in the world, as with money people who have done wrong can be (judged) right.
- Ha'u la hetan doit metan ida!I didn't get any money at all!
- Ha'u espera katak tinan oin ami bele kaben.I hope that next year we can get married.
- Ha'u deside atu para eskola, tanba osan la iha.I have decided to stop schooling, as I don’t have money.
- Hoi, rai han ida nenee! Bá hola lai ha'u nia malus la bele ga?!Hey, you rotter! Can't you even go and get my betel pepper?!