My youngest daughter has not yet started school. in Tetun
Ha'u nia oan feto ikun seidauk tama eskola.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Negation
seidauk — 'not yet'
seidaukSingle word covering English 'not yet / hasn't ... yet'. Goes before the verb.
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
- Eskola seidauk narsaa.School was not yet what-you-call it.
- Ha'u nia alin mane ikun remata nia eskola hosi koléjiu Fatumaca.My youngest brother finished his schooling at Fatumaca boarding school.
- Ha'u nia alin foin tama primeiru anu iha Eskola Báziku Fatumea.My younger siters has just started first year in Fatumea Primary School.
- Ha'u nia oan feto Joana ne'e maña liu. se ita la fó osan nia lakohi bá eskola.My daughter Joana is very spoiled. If we don’t give her any money, she refuses to go to school.
- Sira haan ona ka?Have they eaten yet?
- Nia husu kona ba eskola.He asked about school.