If someone speaks evil of us, we should respond politely. in Tetun
Se ema hatete aat ita, di'ak liu ita hatán ho di'ak de'it.
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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
- When you go to someone else’s country you should take a map, so you won’t get lost.Imi atu bá ema nia rai tenke lori mapa, para la bele lakon.
- Don't touch it. It's someone else's.Keta book. Ne'e ema nian.
- I think you should just come and live in Timor.Ha'u hanoin, di'ak liu imi mai hela iha Timor de'it.
- Doctor Gaspar saved the life of someone’s child.Doutór Gaspar salva ema nia oan ida nia vida.
- Ana speaks Portuguese, her pronunciation is like Tetun.Ana ko'alia Portugés, pronúnsia hanesan Tetun fali.
- If someone walks past on the road, our dog always barks.Se ema ida la'o liu iha estrada, ami nia asu sempre hatenu.