Maria's such a borrower! She's always going into debt to others. in Tetun
Maria para debe dór! Nia gosta debe tuun debe sa'e.
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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
- I am in lots of debt (to others).Ha'u iha tusan barak liu. = Ha'u nia tusan barak liu.
- Mum always taught me to be a woman who serves others.Mama sempre hanorin ha'u atu sai feto serbí na'in.
- Jelitu braked poorly, such that (the car) ran into a tree.Jelitu sama travaun la metin to'o xoke tiha ai-huun.
- Joana yanked on Maria’s hair this morning because of Maria swore at her.Ohin dadeer Joana rakut Maria nia fuuk tanba Maria tolok nia.
- When Maria gets up, she always sweeps up the fallen leaves in front of her house.Maria hadeer mai, sempre dasa ai-luruk iha nia uma oin.
- When we are going to travel a long way, our mother always reminds us to bring food for the journey.Banhira ami la'o dook, ami nia amá sempre fó hanoin ami atu lori bukae.