People used to respect of you because you worked honestly, but now you have a bad reputation because you stole. in Tetun
Uluk ema respeitu ó tanba ó servisu ho onestu, maibé agora ó nia naran aat ona tanba ó na'ok.
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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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- You have a good reputation in the midst of people because your work honestly.Ó nia naran di'ak iha ema barak nia oin tanba servisu ho onestu.
- Now you have a bad reputation, because you are a married man are dating a single girl.Agora ó nia naran fo'er, tanba ó kaben na'in maibé ó namora fali feto klosan.
- My friend Jinha bad-mouthed me in front of other people just because she is jealous of me.Kolega Jinha ko'alia aat ha'u iha ema seluk nia oin tanba de'it nia laran moras ha'u.
- 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.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.
- If our leaders have a strong inferiority complex, it is difficult for them to defend the interests of the people, because they don't have the courage to oppose people from other groups.Se ita nia lider iha kompleksu dé inferioridade maka'as, sei susar tebes defende interese povu nian, tanba la brani kontra ema hosi grupu seluk.
- Now there is thunder, because rain is coming.Agora rai tarutu, tanba udan mai dadaun.