My red shirt matches my pants. in Tetun
Ha'u nia faru mean pár ho ha'u nia kalsa.
English → Tetun phrasebook
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.
Translate your own text with the free English ↔ Tetun translator or look up individual words in the Tetun dictionary.
Related phrases
- Koto lata ida sentavus limanulu.A can of red beans is fifty cents.
- Ajuda kore butaun faru iha kotuk ne'e lai.Please unbutton the back of this shirt.
- Labarik mane ne'e mii tiha ona nia kalsa, favór ajuda troka nia.The boy has peed his pants, please help him change.
- Faru ne'e mihis loos, ita haree borus to'o laran.This shirt is very thin, we can see right through it.
- Di'ak liu prega tiha ó nia kamiza nia butaun, tanba nakloke hela.You’d better button up your shirt, because it is open.
- Ha'u ku'u haas, haas nia been belit ba ha'u nia kamiza.When I picked mangoes, the mango sap stuck to my shirt.