Move over a bit, I'd like to go past! in Tetun
Soruk tiha, ha'u atu liu!
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Comparison
liu — comparison 'more / most'
liuTetun comparison uses 'X liu Y' not 'mais X' — the adjective stays put and 'liu' follows. With a focus 'mak' it becomes superlative. Avoid Portuguese-style 'melhor' or 'mais boot'.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ha'u sente laran la di'ak, ha'u muda fali ba ninin ne'ebá.I feel nauseous. I'll move over there to the side.
- Tuur duka mai, para ema seluk mós bele tuur.Move over closer to me, so that other people can sit too.
- Ó ne'e mane, tenke hatudu ó nia hahalok nu'udar mane, la bele hanesan fali feto.You’re a man, and should act like a man, not like a woman.
- Ha'u la gosta hanoin fila fali tempu susar pasadu nian.I don’t like thinking back to the difficult times in the past.
- Atoy kala fulan lotuk fali ona mak ko'alia arbiru de'it ne'e.Atoy might have gone a bit crazy to make him talk randomly like that.
- Labarik ne'e konsidera ita hanesan nia inan, ita liu nia sempre kumprimenta ita.This child respect us like his mother. When we go past, he always greets us.