I have just submitted the financial report for this year to the director. in Tetun
Ha'u foin hatama relatóriu finansas ba tinan ida ne'e nian ba diretór.
English → Tetun phrasebook
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.
Time expressions
Temporal connectors
foinCommon time words: 'bainhira / kuandu' = when; 'molok / antes' = before; 'depois' and 'liu tiha' = after; 'kedas' = immediately; 'foin' = only just, very recently; 'kleur' = a long time.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ita nia diretór foin rezigna an atu sai fali ministru. Nune'e ita presiza foti fali ema seluk sai diretór definitivu, la bele foti reitór interinu de'it.Our director has just resigned to become a government minister. So we must appoint someone else as permanent director, not just as an acting director.
- Timor-leste troka ona ninia tinan fiskál ba tinan kalendáriu nian.Timor-Leste has changed its fiscal year to be the calendar year.
- Ha'u nia alin foin tama primeiru anu iha Eskola Báziku Fatumea.My younger siters has just started first year in Fatumea Primary School.
- Ó tuur hanesan bos de'it, la hatene halo servisu, hein han de'it!You're just sitting there like a boss, not working, just waiting to be fed!
- Liu tiha tinan ida, Maria pasa ba segundu anu ensinu sekundáriu.After a year, Maria went up a grade to the second year of secondary school.
- Visi diretór la iha kompeténsia atu hasai ema hosi servisu; só diretór de'it mak bele.The deputy director does not have the authority to sack people; only the director can do this.