I’m amazed I could become a Tetun lecturer to foreigners! in Tetun
Ha'u admira tanba bele sai dosente Tetun ba estranjeiru!
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Grammar in this phrase
Possibility & probability
bele / parese / dala ruma / kala — possibility
beleTetun hedges less than English, but has a cluster of markers. 'bele' before the verb = can / may. 'parese' at the start = 'seems'. 'dala ruma' at the start of a clause = 'perhaps, sometimes'. 'kala / kal' before a number = 'approximately'.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
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- La bele ranxu ho ema lanu-teen sira. Se lae, ó mós bele sai lanu-teen hotu.Don’t hang out with the drunkards. Otherwise, you could become a drunkard too.
- Departamentu Tetun hatama ona rekerimentu ba finansas atu simu tan dosente foun ida.The Tetun department has put in a request to finance to accept another new lecturer.
- Sai pianista, aleinde atu espresa ha'u nia talentu, bele mós sai profisaun ida ne'ebé fó benefísiu ekonomia mai ha'u.Becoming a pianist, apart from expressing my talents, also could become a profession which brings me economic benefits.
- Favór ida, ko'alia Tetun.Please, speak Tetun.