Last night a thief forced open our door (with a lever) and came in to steal things. in Tetun
Hori kalan na'ok-teen selok ami nia odamatan hodi tama mai na'ok sasán.
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
- Loke odamatan lai.Open the door.
- Odamatan ne'e loke halo nusaa?How do you open this door?
- Odamatan nakloke ba ita boot sira hotu.The door is open to all of you.
- Hori kalan ami haree televizaun.Last night we watched television.
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- Iha ami nia aldeia ami uza jeradór bainhira presiza karega telefone.In our village, we use a generator to charge our phones.