I don’t have enough capital to open a shop. in Tetun
Ha'u la iha modal para atu loke loja.
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
- Governu la permiti ita atu loke loja iha fatin ne'e.The government doesn’t allow you to open up a shop here.
- La bele hanaruk tan sira nia kontratu, tanba sira servisu la di'ak!Don't extend their contract, because they don't work well!
- Ha'u hakarak atu sosa kamera Canon ida maibé osan la iha.I would like to buy a Canon camera but I don’t have enough money.
- Asu ne'e kutun barak! Lalika loke odamatan para nia tama mai.This dog has lots of fleas! Don’t open the door for it to come inside.
- Keta naran du'un ema karik ita la hatene problema ne'e nia lala'ok.Don’t arbitrarily accuse people if you don’t know the problem in-depth.
- Ropa fa'an iha Timor Plaza karun demais, ita nia osan la to'o atu sosa.Clothes sold at Timor Plaza are too expensive. We don’t have enough money to purchase them.