Please speak with our police agent about the crime that you saw yesterday. in Tetun
Favór ida ko'alia ho ami nia ajente kona ba krime ne'ebé ita boot haree horiseik.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
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
- Horiseik joven sira halo problema iha ami nia bairu, polísia mai atua kedas.Yesterday when the young people created trouble in our neighbourhood, the police came straight away to deal with it.
- Favór ida, ko'alia Tetun.Please, speak Tetun.
- Favór ida, ko'alia neineik.Please, speak slowly.
- Horiseik ha'u haree mana la'o hela.Yesterday I saw you (older sister) walking.
- Ohin ami haree bani semo iha ami nia uma leten.We just saw a bee flying around in our house.
- Ami nia ekipa horiseik joga bola iha estádiun.Yesterday our team played soccer at the stadium.