If you lie one more time, we’ll shoot you dead on the spot! in Tetun

Ó bosok tan dala ida, ami tiru mate kedan ó agora!

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Grammar in this phrase

  • Verb sequences

    Result-verb sequences (baku mate, tiru mate)

    tiru mate

    Transitive verb + intransitive verb = action + result. 'baku mate' = beat to death; 'tiru mate' = shoot dead; 'duni sai' = chase out. Keep the two verbs adjacent.

More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.

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