Is your motorbike large or small? How many CC is it? in Tetun
Ita nia motór boot ka ki'ik? Nia Cc hira?
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
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
- Ami nia uma kloot loos, ema barak bá la di'ak.Our house is very narrow/small, so not many people can go.
- Ohin dadeer katuas ida monu ho motór iha Colmera. Ema barak hobur no ajuda nia lori ba ospitál.This morning an old man fell off his motorbike in Colmera. Many people gathered around and helped take him to hospital.
- Ha'u nia motór aat ona.My motorbike is broken
- Obrigadu barak ba ita boot nia ajuda.Many thanks for your assistance.
- Ita treinu semana ida dala hira?How many times a week do you train?
- Motór nia sira nian, la bele book.This motorbike is theirs. Don’t touch it.