My child is sick. Please take (him/her) to hospital. in Tetun
Ha'u nia oan moras. Favór ida lori ba ospitál.
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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
- Labarik isin molik hela, haree fó hatais ropa ba nia.The child is naked. Please dress her.
- Labarik ida tanis hakilar maka'as loos tanba nia mamá baku.A child cried very loudly because her mother hit her.
- Kolu lai labarik nia ropa mak fó hariis.Take off the child’s clothes before giving him a bath.
- Labarik ne'e moras oraoras. Ha'u la hatene nia moras ne'e saida.The child is sick on and off. I don’t know what her illness is.
- Ha'u kele bebé uza lipa atu lori ba konsulta iha ospitál.I carried the baby in a sarong to take her to hospital for a checkup.
- Nia namoradu ne'e hais nia to'o lima sén mós la iha nia isin!Her boyfriend bled her dry till she didn't even have five cents left on her!