In the evening I pick up my diary to write down what I have faced today. in Tetun
Kalan ha'u foti ha'u nia diáriu hodi hakerek saida mak ha'u hasoru ohin loron.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Focus
mak — focus marker
mak'mak' focuses the preceding constituent — used when English would bold or cleft ('it was X who...'). Also forms the superlative with 'liu'.
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nia'nia' goes BEFORE the thing possessed; 'nian' goes AFTER. Both function the same way; position decides which form. 'nia' is also the 3rd-person pronoun (he / she / it) — disambiguate by position.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ohin ha'u la'o la haree rai, monu tama tiha ba rai kuak naruk.Earlier today I was walking without looking where I was going, and fell down into a deep hole in the ground.
- Ohin loron ita la servisu.Today we aren't working.
- Ohin klubu rua ne'e empata.The two teams drew today.
- Nia ohin hemu ai-moruk musan rua.He took two tablets today.
- Ohin dia sinku dé Marsu.Today is the fifth of March.
- Ha'u ohin lee jornál rua.Today I read two newspapers.