Oh dear! The metal we've only just bought is all rusty. in Tetun
Kuitadu! Besi sira foin hola ne'e mesak meak de'it.
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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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- I've only just learned to drive.Ha'u foin aprende kaer kareta.
- I have only just started learning Tetun.Ha'u foin komesa aprende Tetun.
- He just plays around all the time (he doesn't work).Nia loron-kalan halimar de'it.
- She bought a variety of cloths, all of which are expensive.Nia sosa hena mesak karu-karu de'it.
- The children were all present; there was only one who was absent.Labarik sira iha hotu. Só ida de'it mak falta.
- We'll gather all these ideas together, and only then reach a conclusion.Ideia sira ne'e, ita akumula hotu, mak foin ita foti konkluzaun.