Now the cost of living has gone up even more! in Tetun

Grammar in this phrase

• Comparison

  liu — comparison 'more / most'

  liu

  Tetun comparison uses 'X liu Y' not 'mais X' — the adjective stays put and 'liu' follows. With a focus 'mak' it becomes superlative. Avoid Portuguese-style 'melhor' or 'mais boot'.

• Intensifiers

  Intensifiers (loos, tebes, demais, laduun)

  liu tan

  Position matters. 'loos' / 'tebes' / 'demais' follow the adjective ('barak loos' = very many). 'laduun' PRECEDES the adjective ('laduun diak' = not very good). 'liu tan' = even more.

More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.

Related phrases

• Nusaa ó inkomoda loos ha'u ne'e!? Agora atu servisu mós la di'ak!Why are you bothering me so much!? Now I can’t even work!
• Martinha fokit nia matan fulun para halo nia bonita liu tan.Martinha plucks her eyebrows to make herself even more pretty.
• Apá moras kleur, agora bá ona mundu seluk.Dad was sick for a long time, now he has gone to the next world.
• Feto balu ke uluk luta iha rezisténsia, agora tama ona parlamentu.Some women who in the past worked hard in the resistance movement, have now gone into parliament.
• Toos-natar sira agora fuik hotu tanba ema la halo ona.The rice paddies and dryland farms are now all in a wild state as people aren't farming any more.
• Kuandu kandidatu ida hetan maioria simples, nia hetan votu barak liu partidu sira seluk, maski la to'o 50% hosi votu hotu-hotu karik.When a party gets a simple majority, it gets more votes than the other parties, even if it doesn't reach 50% of all votes.