My neighbours built high walls around their house because they are afraid of thieves getting in. in Tetun
Ami nia viziñu halo moru hale'u uma tanba ta'uk na'ok-teen bele tama.
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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.
- My neighbour build a high wall around the house out of fear that people would throw rocks (at the house).Ha'u nia viziñu halo moru aas hale'u uma tanba ta'uk ema tuda.
- They always lock the door when they leave the house.Sira sempre xave odamatan waiñira sira sai husi uma.
- Don't extend their contract, because they don't work well!La bele hanaruk tan sira nia kontratu, tanba sira servisu la di'ak!
- They always demonstrate their faithfulness to their leader.Sira sempre manifesta sira nia fidelidade ba sira nia lider.