I bought a plastic bag of sugar weighing five kilograms. in Tetun
Ha'u hola masin midar plástiku ida ho nia todan kilograma lima.
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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- Nia ohin sosa sabraka talin ida.He bought one string of oranges.
- Masin midar falun ida, kuarter.A packet of sugar costs 25 cents.
- Nia hola modo iha merkadu.He bought vegetables at the market.
- Nia to'o iha Dare tuku lima.He arrived in Dare at five o'clock.
- Ha'u sosa kasete ida ne'ebé múzika mesak fou-foun de'it.I bought a cassette full of new songs.