If I don't eat, that's OK, so long as I dance! in Tetun
Ha'u la han, la buat ida, basta dansa!
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Grammar in this phrase
Negation
la — 'not' (general negation)
laPlaced before verbs and adjectives to negate them. For contrastive 'not X but Y' use 'laós'; for 'not yet' use 'seidauk'; for 'no longer' wrap 'la ... ona' around the verb.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ha'u dansa maran mós la buat ida, naran katak dansa!Even if I dance without any food or drink, that's fine, so long as I dance!
- Han ga lae mak ne'e, ó nia isin ruin maran loos hanesan ne'e!Don’t you eat? You look extremely skinny!
- Se ó la han, orsida hamlaha.If you don’t eat, you’ll be hungry later.
- La bele hanaruk tan sira nia kontratu, tanba sira servisu la di'ak!Don't extend their contract, because they don't work well!
- Keta naran du'un ema karik ita la hatene problema ne'e nia lala'ok.Don’t arbitrarily accuse people if you don’t know the problem in-depth.
- La bele tunu fehuk kleur liu iha ahi, se la bele motuk hotu.Don’t roast the potatoes on the fire for too long, otherwise they will all be burnt.