I trust José because he is an honest man. in Tetun
Ha'u fiar ba José tanba nia ema ne'ebé onestu.
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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
- Ó ne'e mane, tenke hatudu ó nia hahalok nu'udar mane, la bele hanesan fali feto.You’re a man, and should act like a man, not like a woman.
- Agora ó nia naran fo'er, tanba ó kaben na'in maibé ó namora fali feto klosan.Now you have a bad reputation, because you are a married man are dating a single girl.
- Ha'u ladún konfia katuas ne'e, haree nia oin de'it mós ita hatene ona.I don’t really trust that man. Just looking at his face we already know (he’s not trustworthy).
- Inan ida estraga labarik iha kabun laran tan de'it mane lakohi tau matan.The mother aborted her baby in the womb just because the man refused to take responsibility (for the baby).
- Uluk ema respeitu ó tanba ó servisu ho onestu, maibé agora ó nia naran aat ona tanba ó na'ok.People used to respect of you because you worked honestly, but now you have a bad reputation because you stole.
- Nia hola mane Manatuto.She married a Manatuto man.