I have ten hectares of land which we farm. in Tetun
Ha'u nia rai hektar sanulu, ami uza hodi halo toos.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nia'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
- Sira lakon dez á zero.They lost ten zero.
- falta déz minutus para onze orasten minutes to eleven
- Tuku hira mak ita bá deskansa? Tuku sanulu.What time will we go and rest? Ten o'clock.
- Samea bobar asu ida mate hela iha toos laran.A snake strangled a dog to death in the farm.
- Toos ne'e rezultadu hosi Filipe nia badinas.This farm is the result of Filipe's hard work.
- Ami hola tapete metru sanulu atu nahe ba sala.We bought ten metres of carpet for the lounge.