I’ve come to Dili for only the first time. in Tetun
Ha'u foin primeira vés mai iha Dili.
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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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- To receive (your) money, come in one at a time; you can’t come in together.Atu simu osan, tama ida-ida; la bele tama hamutuk.
- What time did you (senhora) come yesterday?Horiseik señora mai tuku hira?
- Does the teacher teach full-time or part-time?Mestre hanorin full-time ka part-time?
- Toni elbowed me first, and only then did I hit him.Toni siku uluk ha'u mak ha'u baku nia.
- I have to cook first. Only then can the two of us go out.Ha'u tenke te'in lai. Depois mak ita na'in rua bá pasiar.
- We only cooked a little at a time, because there was not enough food.Ami te'in uitoan-uitoan de'it, tanba hahán la to'o.