Our minimum income for this month was very low: only fifty dollars! in Tetun
Ami nia rendimentu fulan ida ne'e mínimu liu: dolar limanulu de'it!.
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Grammar in this phrase
Comparison
liu — comparison 'more / most'
liuTetun 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'.
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
- Karik ita maneja osan ho di'ak, ita bele uza sinkuenta dolar to'o fulan ida.If we manage our money properly, we can use fifty dollars for a month.
- Ful-fulan, ami nia osan tama dolar atus tolu.Our monthly income is three hundred dollars. s
- Iha ami nia servisu fatin, só Sesta de'it mak bele uza kalsa jíns.In our work place we can only wear jeans on Fridays.
- Baibain ami fó han asu oan ne'e ho na'an de'it, agora nia sai kabosu loos.We usually feed our puppy meat, now it is very chubby.
- Iha ami nia aldeia ami uza jeradór bainhira presiza karega telefone.In our village, we use a generator to charge our phones.
- Ami nia uma kloot loos, ema barak bá la di'ak.Our house is very narrow/small, so not many people can go.