Many people evacuated to the hills because they heard there was a tsunami. in Tetun
Komunidade barak mak ba foho tanba rona katak tasi sa'e.
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Grammar in this phrase
Focus
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'.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Média fó sai informasaun katak rai Aceh kona tsunami no ema barak mate.The media reported that there was a tsunami in Aceh, with many people dying.
- Ema barak mate. Iha mós ema kanek na'in hitu mak ami konsege lori ba ospitál, maski dook.Many people died. There were also seven injured people whom we managed to take to hospital, even though it was a long way.
- Kuandu ema hala'o edukasaun sívika, sira hanorin povu kona ba lia polítiku nian, no mós kona ba direitu no responsabilidade reinu nian, atu foti povu nia konsiénsia polítiku.When people conduct civic education, they teach the people about political affairs, and also about the rights and responsibilities of the people, to raise their political awareness.
- Se ita nia lider iha kompleksu dé inferioridade maka'as, sei susar tebes defende interese povu nian, tanba la brani kontra ema hosi grupu seluk.If our leaders have a strong inferiority complex, it is difficult for them to defend the interests of the people, because they don't have the courage to oppose people from other groups.
- Ema barak nia raan fakar ba nasaun Timor ida ne'e.Many people shed they blood for this nation.
- Sira servisu oin la moos hotu tanba simu subornu.They are not doing their work properly because they received bribes.