My mother’s way of teaching us at home is to speak calmly. in Tetun
Ha'u nia amá nia maneira hanorin ami uma laran mak ko'alia ho kalma.
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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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Related phrases
- You must weigh up your words. Don’t just speak as you want to speak.Tenke ko'alia sukat ibun, la bele ko'alia tuir ó nia hakarak.
- Our own mother died a long time ago, so it is our adoptive mother who looks after us.Ami nia inan rasik mate kleur ona, nune'e ami nia inan hakiak mak tau matan ba ami.
- When we are going to travel a long way, our mother always reminds us to bring food for the journey.Banhira ami la'o dook, ami nia amá sempre fó hanoin ami atu lori bukae.
- Go back home!Ó bá fali uma!
- I want to go home.Ha'u hakarak bá uma.
- Please, speak Tetun.Favór ida, ko'alia Tetun.