I have to force the children to study, otherwise they’d never hold a book. in Tetun
Ha'u tenke obriga labarik sira atu estuda, se lae sira nunka kaer livru.
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This Tetun (Tetum) translation comes from a curated 2,500-phrase parallel corpus drawn from the official tetun.org dictionary by Catharina Williams-van Klinken. Tetun is one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste alongside Portuguese.
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- They all ate until they were satisfied. Having eaten, they went their separate ways.Sira hotu han to'o bosu. Han tiha, sira mós fahe malu.
- They are just opportunists. In the past when it was hard, they fled overseas, but now they have come back seeking positions in the government.Sira ne'e oportunista de'it. Uluk rai susar, sira halai sai ba rai li'ur, maibé agora sira mai fali buka pozisaun iha governu.
- They always lock the door when they leave the house.Sira sempre xave odamatan waiñira sira sai husi uma.
- They cheated, otherwise you could have defeated them.Sira nia joga fo'er, lae karik imi mak manán tiha ona sira.
- They are all rich. Nevertheless, they refused to help us.Sira hotu riku. Maski nune'e, sira lakoi ajuda ami.
- We can’t study effectively because the children are so noisy.Ami estuda la di'ak tanba labarik sira estrundu loos.