In the old times, when my ancestors welcomed guests, they would blow the buffalo horn. in Tetun
Tempu uluk ha'u nia vizavoo simu bainaka tenke huu karau dikur.
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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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- They are all rich. Nevertheless, they refused to help us.Sira hotu riku. Maski nune'e, sira lakoi ajuda ami.
- They are not doing their work properly because they received bribes.Sira servisu oin la moos hotu tanba simu subornu.
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