Please repeat that as I didn’t hear you before. in Tetun
Favór repete fali tanba ohin ha'u la rona.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Aspect markers
fali — 'again' / 'back' / 'instead'
faliPlaced after the verb. Can mean 'again / back' or mark an unexpected reversal ('instead'). Context decides which.
Negation
la — 'not' (general negation)
laPlaced before verbs and adjectives to negate them. For contrastive 'not X but Y' use 'laós'; for 'not yet' use 'seidauk'; for 'no longer' wrap 'la ... ona' around the verb.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ami la komprende. Favór ida hatete fali.We didn't understand. Please say it again.
- Favór agrafa resibu sira ne'e hamutuk molok atu entrega ba diretór finansas.Please staple these receipts together before handing them in to the director of finance.
- Nia la'ós reziste de'it okupasaun Indonézia durante tinan 24 nia laran, maibé uluk kedas reziste hasoru kolonialista Portugés.He didn't just resist the Indonesian occupation throughout 25 years, but even before that he carried out resistance against the Portuguese colonialists.
- Ha'u la bá ida!I didn't go!
- Favór ida tuur iha ne'e.Please sit here.
- Favór ida, ko'alia Tetun.Please, speak Tetun.