Last week there was heavy rain. Even now there is water pooled in front of the house, leading to an increase in mosquitoes. in Tetun
Semana liu ba udan boot. To'o agora bee nalihun iha uma oin, halo susuk barak tan de'it.
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Grammar in this phrase
Comparison
liu — comparison 'more / most'
liuTetun comparison uses 'X liu Y' not 'mais X' — the adjective stays put and 'liu' follows. With a focus 'mak' it becomes superlative. Avoid Portuguese-style 'melhor' or 'mais boot'.
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Related phrases
- Agora rai tarutu, tanba udan mai dadaun.Now there is thunder, because rain is coming.
- Ha'u bá rega aifunan iha uma oin.I am going to water the flower in front of the house.
- Polísia buka tuir hela kazu sunu uma iha Tasi Tolu semana kotuk.The police are investigating the case of house-burning in Tasi Tolu last week.
- Iha fatin ne'e, susuk barak teb-tebes, muskiteiru la iha, entaun ami halo uma iha ai-leten hodi toba ba.In that place there were lots of mosquitoes, but we had no mosquito nets, so we built a tree house to sleep in.
- To'o iha loja Elimloi nia oin, iha dalan sanak ida, ita tama bele haree hetan ona ami nia uma.When you get to the front of Elimloi shop, there is a turnoff, when you go down that road you can see our house.
- Hori kalan rai nakdoko, ami hotu halai saruntu malu ba li'ur, to'o avoo monu hanehan tan ha'u nia alin.Last night there was an earthquake, and we all stampeded out of the house, so much so that grandma fell on top of my younger brother.