In that place there were lots of mosquitoes, but we had no mosquito nets, so we built a tree house to sleep in. in Tetun
Iha fatin ne'e, susuk barak teb-tebes, muskiteiru la iha, entaun ami halo uma iha ai-leten hodi toba ba.
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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.
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Related phrases
- Semana liu ba udan boot. To'o agora bee nalihun iha uma oin, halo susuk barak tan de'it.Last week there was heavy rain. Even now there is water pooled in front of the house, leading to an increase in mosquitoes.
- STAE hasai esteitmentu katak eleisaun ne'e iha sala maibé la iha manipulasaun.STAE released a statement that the election had involved errors but that there had been no manipulation.
- Ha'u haree manu knuuk iha ai-leten barak.I see lots of nests in the tree.
- Haree ba leten, kalohan mutin barak loos.Look up, there are lots of white clouds.
- Ha'u sente matan dukur loos, di'ak liu toba lai.I’m feeling very sleepy, and had better sleep.
- Uma ida ne'e la di'ak ida. Ida ne'ebá kapás.This house is no good. The one over there is lovely.