My dad was a military captain during Portuguese time. in Tetun
Ha'u nia apá kapitaun militár iha tempu Portugés.
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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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- This house was built during the Portuguese time, but has lasted until now.Uma ne'e halo iha tempu Portugés maibé sei dura to'o agora.
- Does the teacher teach full-time or part-time?Mestre hanorin full-time ka part-time?
- Dad was sick for a long time, now he has gone to the next world.Apá moras kleur, agora bá ona mundu seluk.
- This house was built since Portuguese time, so now looks very old.Uma ne'e harii dezde tempu Portugal, entaun agora ita haree antigu loos ona.
- During the war, the Indonesian military used grenades to kill many Timorese.Uluk funu, militár Indonézia sira uza granada hodi hamate Timor oan barak.
- I have wasted time so much time attending a course, but didn’t learn anything.Ha'u lakon tempu barak bá kursu, maibé la aprende buat ida.