How come a greedy woman ends up marrying a good man like Melki! in Tetun
Feto karak-teen hola loos mane ida di'ak hanesan Melki ne'e!
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Grammar in this phrase
Intensifiers
Intensifiers (loos, tebes, demais, laduun)
loosPosition matters. 'loos' / 'tebes' / 'demais' follow the adjective ('barak loos' = very many). 'laduun' PRECEDES the adjective ('laduun diak' = not very good). 'liu tan' = even more.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ó ne'e mane, tenke hatudu ó nia hahalok nu'udar mane, la bele hanesan fali feto.You’re a man, and should act like a man, not like a woman.
- Iha família laran, la'ós feto atu sai inferiór no mane atu sai hanesan komandante hodi manda de'it.Within a family, it's not the case that the woman is inferior and the man is like a commander who just gives orders.
- Pora! Nusaa mak ohin nia la mai?!Good grief! Why didn't he come!
- Ha'u gosta hemu jus goiava, tanba di'ak ba ita nia isin.I like to drink guava juice, as it is good for our body.
- Ha'u gosta tuir misa iha igreja ida ne'e tanba iha haklaken na'in ida ne'ebé di'ak.I like attending mass in this church because there is a good preacher.
- Mane ne'e hanoin aat ba menina ne'e hodi halo aat hasoru nia.This man had evil intentions towards the young woman, to do bad to her.