My older brother went to patch the tyre of his motorbike at a mechanic’s workshop. in Tetun
Maun bá taka motór nia roda iha benkel.
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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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- Janio fell off his motorbike and broke his leg.Janio monu ho motor, nia ain tohar.
- It was my older brother who taught me to ride a motorbike.Maun mak treina ha'u lori motór.
- Mateus is rubbing his eyes with the back of his hands, because a prickle has gotten into his eye.Mateus agora de'ut hela nia matan, tanba ai-luruk mak tama.
- Older brother Xanana (the respected president and former resistance leader) yesterday went to visit poor families in Baucau.Maun boot Xanana horiseik bá vizita família kiak sira iha Baucau.
- He was tortured throughout the (Indonesian) occupation, because his older brother was a gun-carrying (guerrilla) in the jungles.Nia hetan torturasaun durante tempu okupasaun, tanba nia maun kaer kilat iha ai-laran.
- Good evening/night, older brother.Bonoiti, maun.