I have decided to stop schooling, as I don’t have money. in Tetun
Ha'u deside atu para eskola, tanba osan la iha.
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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
- Dezafiu boot ne'ebé ha'u hasoru mak la iha osan atu selu ha'u nia eskola.A major challenge I am facing is that I don’t have money to pay for my schooling.
- Oinsá mak ita bele hetan osan atu selu eskola?How can we get money to pay for schooling?
- Ami aluga uma tanba la iha osan atu sosa.We rent a house because we don’t have money to buy one.
- 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.
- 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.