Marta hung baby Alino’s placenta in the mango tree. in Tetun
Marta tara sa'e bebé Alino nia kaan iha haas leten.
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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
- Haas ne'ebá fuan tebar loos.That mango tree is heavily laden.
- Lori labarik nia alin bá tara iha ai-leten.Take the child’s placenta and hang it in a tree.
- Horiseik Apet haksoit tuun hosi haas huun, í nia ain naksalak.Yesterday Apet jumped down from a mango tree, and sprained his ankle.
- Se ita la tesi haas huun ne'e, nia abut sei estraga ita nia uma.If we don’t cut down this mango tree, its roots will damage our house.
- Haas huun boot ne'e nia fuan barak mangál ona, ita bele ku'u hodi han.This large mango tree has lots of nearly-ripe fruit. We can pick them and eat them.
- Inan ida estraga labarik iha kabun laran tan de'it mane lakohi tau matan.The mother aborted her baby in the womb just because the man refused to take responsibility (for the baby).