If you don’t eat, you’ll be hungry later. in Tetun
Se ó la han, orsida hamlaha.
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Grammar in this phrase
Conditionals
se / karik — conditionals
se'se' opens a definite conditional ('if X, then Y'). 'karik' sits at the end of a clause and hedges it ('perhaps'); it can also mark an uncertain conditional.
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
- Han ga lae mak ne'e, ó nia isin ruin maran loos hanesan ne'e!Don’t you eat? You look extremely skinny!
- Ha'u la han, la buat ida, basta dansa!If I don't eat, that's OK, so long as I dance!
- La bele hanaruk tan sira nia kontratu, tanba sira servisu la di'ak!Don't extend their contract, because they don't work well!
- Iha uma ha'u iha foos saka ida. Kuandu ha'u hamlaha ha'u te'in para han.At home I have a sack of rice. When I’m hungry, I will cook it to eat.
- 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 ku'u estraga ai-fuan ne'ebé iha. Han ba sukat ho imi nia kabun.Don't pick the fruit wastefully. Eat up (but) according to what your stomach can accept.