I saw a pigeon flying away from its place. in Tetun
Ha'u haree manu pombu semo sai hosi nia fatin.
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
- Ohin ami haree bani semo iha ami nia uma leten.We just saw a bee flying around in our house.
- Nia la'o lemo rai de'it, la iha fatin atu hela.He travels all over the place, with no place to live.
- Bainhira atu tesi hali huun, tenke muda tiha hali na'in ba fatin ruma lai.When you are about to cut down a banyan tree, you must first move its spirit to another place.
- Ha'u haree sira han iha restorante.I saw them eat in a restaurant.
- Ha'u haree ro'o mout iha tasi laran.I saw a ferry drown into the sea.
- Lilin ne'e nabeen mohu tiha ona.The candle melted away to nothing.