I turned to face Dad because he called me. in Tetun
Ha'u fila oin ba apá tanba nia bolu ha'u.
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This Tetun (Tetum) translation comes from a curated 2,500-phrase parallel corpus drawn from the official tetun.org dictionary by Catharina Williams-van Klinken. Tetun is one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste alongside Portuguese.
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Related phrases
- This woman has a very ugly face. She needs makeup to beautify her face a bit.Feto ne'e oin aat loos. Nia presiza make-up para halo oin di'ak oituan.
- When resolving problems, it's better to talk face to face, not behind people's backs.Ita rezolve problema, di'ak liu ko'alia oin ho oin, la bele iha kotukotuk.
- Maria was angry and smashed her telephone, because when she turned it on it didn’t light up.Maria hirus harahun nia telefone tanba telefone loke la lakan.
- People used to respect of you because you worked honestly, but now you have a bad reputation because you stole.Uluk ema respeitu ó tanba ó servisu ho onestu, maibé agora ó nia naran aat ona tanba ó na'ok.
- Dad died with a clean heart.Apá mate ho klamar moos.
- Grandpa has a very wrinkled face.Avoo pai nia oin namkurut loos.