My friend, you should cut your long fingernails. Otherwise people will think that you are a witch/wizard. in Tetun
Kolega, ó nia liman kukun naruk ne'e tesi tiha. Se lae ema hanoin ó buan.
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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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- You should scald the meat before taking it to Dili, otherwise it will go smelly.Di'ak liu eskalda tiha na'an ne'e mak lori ba Dili, se lae bele dois.
- Don’t roast the potatoes on the fire for too long, otherwise they will all be burnt.La bele tunu fehuk kleur liu iha ahi, se la bele motuk hotu.
- Many people died. There were also seven injured people whom we managed to take to hospital, even though it was a long way.Ema barak mate. Iha mós ema kanek na'in hitu mak ami konsege lori ba ospitál, maski dook.
- When people conduct civic education, they teach the people about political affairs, and also about the rights and responsibilities of the people, to raise their political awareness.Kuandu ema hala'o edukasaun sívika, sira hanorin povu kona ba lia polítiku nian, no mós kona ba direitu no responsabilidade reinu nian, atu foti povu nia konsiénsia polítiku.
- I think you should just come and live in Timor.Ha'u hanoin, di'ak liu imi mai hela iha Timor de'it.
- Atauro people carve wood into beautiful statues of people.Ema Atauro bahat ai sai estátua ema ne'ebé furak loos.