Only a few people came. in Tetun
Ema uitoan de'it mak mai.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Focus
mak — focus marker
mak'mak' focuses the preceding constituent — used when English would bold or cleft ('it was X who...'). Also forms the superlative with 'liu'.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Kuandu ema hala'o edukasaun sívika, sira hanorin povu kona ba lia polítiku nian, no mós kona ba direitu no responsabilidade reinu nian, atu foti povu nia konsiénsia polítiku.When people conduct civic education, they teach the people about political affairs, and also about the rights and responsibilities of the people, to raise their political awareness.
- Timor oan minoria de'it ,mak musulmanu.Only a minority of Timorese people are Muslims.
- Husik de'it ema ne'ebé autorizadu tama iha sala votasaun.Only allow authorised people to go into the voting hall.
- Ema Atauro bahat ai sai estátua ema ne'ebé furak loos.Atauro people carve wood into beautiful statues of people.
- Ema tama mate nabanaban, to'o uma laran ema nakonu.People just kept coming in, until the house was full of people.
- Sira somente lori formuláriu mai de'it, ema seluk mak prienxe.They only brought forms, it was other people who filled them in.