Money will defeat justice in the world, as with money people who have done wrong can be (judged) right. in Tetun
Osan sei manán justisa mundu nian, tanba hodi osan ema sala bele sai ba loos.
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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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- Some senior people who work in the parliament swindle the people of their money.Ema boot servisu iha parlamentu, balu han matak povu nia osan.
- We will go through immigration where they will inspect our goods before we can go outside.Ita sei liu iha imigrasaun hodi revista ita nia sasán hotu mak foin ita bele sai ba li'ur.
- 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.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.
- How can we get money to pay for schooling?Oinsá mak ita bele hetan osan atu selu eskola?
- We need to be alert, so people can’t manipulate us.Ita tenke matan moris neon na'in para ema la bele manipula ita.
- Here in Tasi Tolu, people can’t bathe, as it taboo.Iha Tasi Tolu nenee, ema la bele hariis, tanba tasi ne'e lulik.