Ina didn't go to school today, as she is sick. in Tetun
Ina ohin la bá eskola, tanba moras.
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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.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ohin Maria la mai servisu. Dala ruma nia moras.Today Maria didn’t come to work. Perhaps she is sick.
- Mestre sira ohin la tama eskola.The teachers (all of them) didn’t go to school today.
- Ohin ami estuda matéria biolojia iha eskola.we studied biology at school today.
- Oan, konta to'ok mai ha'u, ohin ó halo saida de'it iha eskola.Child, tell me what you did at school today.
- Ó baruk ona ga? - Hei saa. Ha'u baruk sá!Are you sick of it? - Yes indeed. I'm sick of it hey!
- Ohin loron mestra Marta moras, entaun ha'u mak hanorin fali iha nia fatin.Today teacher Marta is sick, so I am teaching in her place.