Mr. Mateus’s position is as director of finance. in Tetun
Sr. Mateus nia kargu nu'udar diretór finansas.
English → Tetun phrasebook
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
- Ita nia diretór foin rezigna an atu sai fali ministru. Nune'e ita presiza foti fali ema seluk sai diretór definitivu, la bele foti reitór interinu de'it.Our director has just resigned to become a government minister. So we must appoint someone else as permanent director, not just as an acting director.
- Señór Locateli nia pozisaun nu'udar xefe departamentu finansas.Mr Locateli’s position is as head of the finance department.
- Mateus sai intérprete ba enkontru ho ministru finansas hosi Nova Zelándia.Mateus was the interpreter for a meeting with the New Zealand minister of finance.
- Favór agrafa resibu sira ne'e hamutuk molok atu entrega ba diretór finansas.Please staple these receipts together before handing them in to the director of finance.
- Visi diretór la iha kompeténsia atu hasai ema hosi servisu; só diretór de'it mak bele.The deputy director does not have the authority to sack people; only the director can do this.
- Primeiru ministru demite RT hosi nia kargu ministru finansas tanba iha mal administrasaun.The prime minister dismissed RT from his position as finance minister because there was mismanagement.