It was the Noble Peace Laureate, Dr José Ramos Horta, who became the first president of the republic in Timor-Leste. in Tetun
Laureadu Nobel da Pás, Dr José Ramos Horta mak sai prezidente da repúblika primeiru iha Timor-Leste.
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Grammar in this phrase
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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'.
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- Premiadu Nobel da Pás, Dr José Ramos Horta fó hatene ba jornalista katak, ...The Nobel Peace Prize Holder Dr José Ramos Horta informed journalists that ...
- Iha 1996, Sr. José Ramos Horta ho Amu Bispu Carlos Belo simu Prémiu Nobel da Pás.In 1996, Mr. José Ramos Horta and Bishop Carlos Belo received the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Prezidente Timor-leste partisipa iha serimónia inaugurasaun ba ponte foun.The President of Timor-Leste participated in the inauguration ceremony for the new bridge.
- Lian ofisiál Rdtl nian mak Tetun ho Portugés.The official languages of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste are Tetun and Portuguese.
- Iha 2007, populasaun barak simpatia ba Ramos Horta hanesan ema ne'ebé iha kapasidade atu tuur iha kadeira prezidente.In 2007, most of the people like Ramos Horta as a person who had the ability to take on the seat of president.
- Lian Tetun konsagra tiha nu'udar lian ofisiál iha konstituisaun RDTL.Tetun has been designated as an official language in the constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.