I want to trim my hair, as it is very long (and wild). in Tetun
Ha'u hakarak aparu tiha ha'u nia fuuk, tanba boot loos.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Intensifiers
Intensifiers (loos, tebes, demais, laduun)
loosPosition matters. 'loos' / 'tebes' / 'demais' follow the adjective ('barak loos' = very many). 'laduun' PRECEDES the adjective ('laduun diak' = not very good). 'liu tan' = even more.
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
- Tiu ne'e nia isin fulun mahar loos.Uncle has very thick body hair.
- Labarik ne'e maledukadu liu, ema ko'alia nia la rona.This child is very rude. He doesn’t want to listen to people.
- José nia hasan rahun barak loos no nia lakohi hamoos.José has a lot of facial hair, and he doesn’t want to remove it.
- Ó atu halo saida, konforme ó, basta la bele halo moe ó nia família de'it.Whatever you want to do, it’s up to you, so long as you don’t bring shame on your family.
- Ha'u hakarak lori kareta ba ofisina hodi saparia fali, tanba nia kabetak barak no tuan liu ona.I want to take the car to the garage to be refurbished, as it has lots of dents and is very old.
- karun la halimarvery expensive