João can (knows how to) speak English. in Tetun
João hatene ko'alia Inglés.
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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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Related phrases
- They can speak ('know') Portuguese.Sira hatene Portugés.
- Democracy means that everyone can speak.Demokrásia katak ema hotu-hotu bele ko'alia.
- You must weigh up your words. Don’t just speak as you want to speak.Tenke ko'alia sukat ibun, la bele ko'alia tuir ó nia hakarak.
- Petroleum can be a blessing to a nation, but can also become a curse.Mina rai bele sai bénsaun ba nasaun, maibé bele mós sai malisan.
- We ourselves can’t help you, but we can ask for help from someone else.Ami rasik la bele ajuda ita, maibé ami bele husu ajuda ba ema seluk.
- I can’t see clearly in the distance. But if I put a glasses, I can see clearly.Ha'u nia matan hateke dook la moos, maibé se ha'u uza okulu haree moos loos.