I have a hundred dollars to buy party clothes for all of us. in Tetun
Ha'u iha osan sein dolar atu bá sosa ropa festa nian ba ita hotu.
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Grammar in this phrase
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nian'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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Related phrases
- Udan mai halo ha'u nia ropa bokon hotu.Rain fell and wet all my clothes.
- Ne'e dolar rihun ida atus lima.This is one thousand five hundred dollars.
- Ful-fulan, ami nia osan tama dolar atus tolu.Our monthly income is three hundred dollars. s
- Ha'u horiseik bá loja hola ropa ba Natál.Yesterday I went to the shop to buy clothes for Christmas.
- Iha eleisaun, ita hotu iha direitu atu hili kualkér partidu ida.In the election, we all have the right to choose any party.
- Ó nia ropa bokon hotu, di'ak liu habai tiha.Your clothes are all wet; you’d better hang them out to dry.