My father scolded my younger brothers because they were noisy late at night. in Tetun
Apá si'ak ha'u nia alin sira tanba sira halo barullu iha kalan boot.
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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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- They are not doing their work properly because they received bribes.Sira servisu oin la moos hotu tanba simu subornu.
- They all ate until they were satisfied. Having eaten, they went their separate ways.Sira hotu han to'o bosu. Han tiha, sira mós fahe malu.
- They are just opportunists. In the past when it was hard, they fled overseas, but now they have come back seeking positions in the government.Sira ne'e oportunista de'it. Uluk rai susar, sira halai sai ba rai li'ur, maibé agora sira mai fali buka pozisaun iha governu.
- We really miss our late father Palmiro Soares.Ami hanoin loos ami nia pai matebian Palmiro Soares.
- At night we can’t sleep, because we are worried.Kalan ami toba la dukur, tanba hanoin barak.
- They always lock the door when they leave the house.Sira sempre xave odamatan waiñira sira sai husi uma.