Lots of children in rural areas go to school on foot, because there are no minibuses. in Tetun
Labarik barak iha foho bá eskola la'o ain de'it, tanba mikrolét la iha.
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Grammar in this phrase
Negation
la — 'not' (general negation)
laPlaced before verbs and adjectives to negate them. For contrastive 'not X but Y' use 'laós'; for 'not yet' use 'seidauk'; for 'no longer' wrap 'la ... ona' around the verb.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Labarik barak la gosta halimar ho Pedro tanba nia atitude la di'ak.Lots of children don’t like playing with Pedro because his behaviour isn’t good.
- Ami hasoru labarik na'in rua iha ne'ebá.We met two children there.
- Haree ba leten, kalohan mutin barak loos.Look up, there are lots of white clouds.
- Agora rai tarutu, tanba udan mai dadaun.Now there is thunder, because rain is coming.
- Sira lori nia ba Dare, í nia eskola iha ne'ebá.They brought him to Dare, and he went to school there.
- Ami estuda la di'ak tanba labarik sira estrundu loos.We can’t study effectively because the children are so noisy.