I'm on a winning streak! (I have excellent cards.) in Tetun
Ha'u nia karta moris!
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
- Ha'u nia karta mate liu!I'm on a losing streak (in cards).
- Nia abitua ho joga karta.He's made a habit of playing cards.
- Kuarezma tempu kmanek ba ita atu perdua malu.Lent is an excellent time for forgiving one another.
- Ita haree labarik barak fa'an pulsa iha estrada ibun.We see lots of children selling phone credit cards by the side of the road.