Open your books to page six to continue yesterday’s lesson. in Tetun
Loke livru iha pájina seis hodi kontinua lisaun horiseik nian.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nian'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
- Horiseik Ina bá loja hodi sosa livru.Yesterday Ina went to the shop to buy books (and she indeed bought them).
- Loke odamatan lai.Open the door.
- Horiseik ha'u telefone nia.Yesterday I rang him..
- Odamatan ne'e loke halo nusaa?How do you open this door?
- Horiseik ami komesa hanorin.Yesterday we started teaching.
- Odamatan nakloke ba ita boot sira hotu.The door is open to all of you.