Petroleum can be a blessing to a nation, but can also become a curse. in Tetun
Mina rai bele sai bénsaun ba nasaun, maibé bele mós sai malisan.
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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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- How can Timor reduce the nation's dependence on oil?Oinsá mak Timor bele hamenus nasaun nia dependénsia ba mina?
- We ourselves can’t help you, but we can ask for help from someone else.Ami rasik la bele ajuda ita, maibé ami bele husu ajuda ba ema seluk.
- This nation doesn't have censorship. Readers can post any comments at all.Nasaun ne'e la iha sensura. Leitór sira bele post komentáriu saida de'it.
- I can’t see clearly in the distance. But if I put a glasses, I can see clearly.Ha'u nia matan hateke dook la moos, maibé se ha'u uza okulu haree moos loos.
- We can't go forward any more, put (the car) into reverse so we can go backwards first.Ita bá oin la bele ona, muda ba marxa atrás para bá kotuk lai.
- Becoming a pianist, apart from expressing my talents, also could become a profession which brings me economic benefits.Sai pianista, aleinde atu espresa ha'u nia talentu, bele mós sai profisaun ida ne'ebé fó benefísiu ekonomia mai ha'u.