If we don’t cut down this mango tree, its roots will damage our house. in Tetun
Se ita la tesi haas huun ne'e, nia abut sei estraga ita nia uma.
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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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- When you are about to cut down a banyan tree, you must first move its spirit to another place.Bainhira atu tesi hali huun, tenke muda tiha hali na'in ba fatin ruma lai.
- They informed us that our house was burnt down.Sira fó hatene mai ami, dehan ami nia uma ahi han.
- Yesterday Apet jumped down from a mango tree, and sprained his ankle.Horiseik Apet haksoit tuun hosi haas huun, í nia ain naksalak.
- We need a temporary house to stay in until we can build our own house.Ita presiza uma provizóriu ida atu hela to'o ita bele harii ita nia uma rasik.
- We will go through immigration where they will inspect our goods before we can go outside.Ita sei liu iha imigrasaun hodi revista ita nia sasán hotu mak foin ita bele sai ba li'ur.
- We will go to the house, have a drink (which could be an entire festive meal), and then go our separate ways.Ita fila ba uma, hemu bee manas lai maka fahe malu.