Mum always taught me to be a woman who serves others. in Tetun
Mama sempre hanorin ha'u atu sai feto serbí na'in.
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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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- My mum always curses us when she’s angry.Ha'u nia mamá sempre hotar ami kuandu nia hirus.
- Maria's such a borrower! She's always going into debt to others.Maria para debe dór! Nia gosta debe tuun debe sa'e.
- This woman is very kind-hearted. Whatever she buys, she always shares.Feto ne'e laran di'ak loos. Buat saida de'it mak nia hola, nia sempre fahe.
- Mum always chews betetlnut. When she has no betel pepper, she sends me to buy some.Amá mama dór malus. Kuandu malus la iha, nia haruka ha'u bá hola.
- I really love my Mum.Ha'u hadomi loos ha'u nia mamá.
- I massage mum’s aching body.Ha'u kumu amá nia isin ne'ebé moras.