In the past when we lived in the jungles, our parents used palm-leaf umbrellas to protect us from the rain. in Tetun
Uluk ami hela iha ai-laran, ami nia inan-aman sira hodi salurik hodi satán ami hosi udan.
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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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- We must respect our parents.Ita tenke respeita ita nia inan-aman.
- If someone walks past on the road, our dog always barks.Se ema ida la'o liu iha estrada, ami nia asu sempre hatenu.
- In our village, we use a generator to charge our phones.Iha ami nia aldeia ami uza jeradór bainhira presiza karega telefone.
- Tomorrow is Palm Sunday, so let's go and cut palm branches in Dare.Aban Domingu Ramus, ita bá taa ramus iha Dare.
- We must respect our parents so that we may live long lives on earth.Ita tenke hamta'uk ita nia inan-aman atu nune'e ita nia vida bele naruk iha mundu ne'e.
- Physical training helps our bodies, spiritual training helps our souls.Treinu fíziku ajuda ita nia isin, treinu espirituál ajuda ita nia klamar.