I looked at my watch, and it showed 6 o'clock. in Tetun
Ha'u hateke ba ha'u nia relójiu liman, hatudu tuku 6.00.
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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
- Ita nia enkontru horiseik la'o hosi duas oras to'o kuatru oras.Our meeting yesterday ran from two o'clock until four o'clock.
- Ita almosu iha uma ora.We'll have lunch at one o'clock.
- Sira mai pás tuku rua.They came at exactly two o'clock.
- Ha'u lakohi haree televizaun.I don't want to watch television.
- Nia to'o iha Dare tuku lima.He arrived in Dare at five o'clock.
- Votasaun remata tuku haat.The voting finished at four o’clock.