I didn't get any money at all! in Tetun
Ha'u la hetan doit metan ida!
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Negation
la — 'not' (general negation)
laPlaced before verbs and adjectives to negate them. For contrastive 'not X but Y' use 'laós'; for 'not yet' use 'seidauk'; for 'no longer' wrap 'la ... ona' around the verb.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ha'u ohin buka sapatu kintu-kantu iha loja la hetan.I went to all the shops looking for shoes, but didn't find any.
- Ha'u ohin servisu ful! La bele halo tan!I've worked all day! I can't do any more!
- Oinsá mak ita bele hetan osan atu selu eskola?How can we get money to pay for schooling?
- Mestre sira ohin la tama eskola.The teachers (all of them) didn’t go to school today.
- Iha eleisaun, ita hotu iha direitu atu hili kualkér partidu ida.In the election, we all have the right to choose any party.
- Nia aman la fó osan nia ne'e mak nia tanis halo bulak rai tiha de'it ne'e.When his father didn't give him money he just cried intensely.