My daughter Joana is very spoiled. If we don’t give her any money, she refuses to go to school. in Tetun
Ha'u nia oan feto Joana ne'e maña liu. se ita la fó osan nia lakohi bá eskola.
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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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- Delia is sickly. Don’t give her any heavy work.Delia moras atan. La bele husu nia kaer servisu todan.
- Maria keeps hassling her mother (to give her) money.Maria sateia hela de'it nia amá tanba osan.
- A child cried very loudly because her mother hit her.Labarik ida tanis hakilar maka'as loos tanba nia mamá baku.
- Auntie is forgetful. So don’t give her things to take home.Tia ne'e haluha dór. Ne'ebé lalika fó sasán ba nia hodi lori ba uma.
- The old drunkard man came asking for booze. Don’t give him any!Katuas lanu-teen mai atu husu tua. Lalika fó!
- This teacher is greedy. Only if we give money does he give us good marks.Mestre ne'e matan osan; ita fó osan mak nia fó valór di'ak.