My grandfather used to smoke tobacco in a pipe. in Tetun
Ha'u nia avoo mane uluk fuma tabaku uza kaixumba.
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Grammar in this phrase
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nia'nia' goes BEFORE the thing possessed; 'nian' goes AFTER. Both function the same way; position decides which form. 'nia' is also the 3rd-person pronoun (he / she / it) — disambiguate by position.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ha'u nia apá uluk atu fuma, sempre foti batar kulit hodi lulun tabaku.When my father was about to smoke, he would always get some corn husk and use it to roll tobacco (into a cigarette).
- La bele fuma sigaru iha ne'e!You can’t smoke here!
- Ferik sira gosta loos sonke tabaku.Old women love chewing tobacco.
- Ita fuma sigaru loron ida lolon hira?How many cigarettes do you smoke in a day?
- Ha'u la toman toba lokraik.I’m not used to sleeping in the afternoon.
- António uza goma atu lem nia surat tahan iha parede.António used glue to glue his paper to the wall.