I sewed this handkerchief with lacy designs to make it pretty. in Tetun
Ha'u suku lensu ne'e, tau ho renda-renda ba para bele furak.
English → Tetun phrasebook
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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- Angela nia isin lotuk no bonita loos.Angela is slim and very pretty.
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