My dad always use a torch to illuminate the path when he walks at night. in Tetun
Ha'u nia pai kuandu la'o kalan sempre uza lampra hodi leno dalan.
About this translation
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.
Want to translate your own English text? Try the free English ↔ Tetun translator. Or browse the Tetun dictionary for individual word lookups.
Related phrases
- When we cook dog meat we always use lemon grass.Bainhira ami te'in na'an asu sempre uza du'ut morin.
- We use this car for ourselves (i.e. for private use).Ami uza kareta ne'e ba ami nia an.
- If someone walks past on the road, our dog always barks.Se ema ida la'o liu iha estrada, ami nia asu sempre hatenu.
- When the children play hopscotch, they always use a flat stone.Labarik sira haksoit tapa, sempre uza fatuk belar.
- Aunty Carla always eats bread with butter, she doesn’t like to use jam.Tia Carla han paun sempre kose manteiga, nia la gosta uza marmelada.
- Last night I was unlucky; I was walking, and my money fell on the path.Hori kalan ha'u sorte aat; ha'u la'o hela, ha'u nia osan monu iha dalan.