Put two drops of the medicine in your eyes. in Tetun
Tau ai-moruk turuk rua ba ita nia matan.
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
- Ita uza ita nia matan hodi haree.we use our eyes to see.
- Ohin klubu rua ne'e empata.The two teams drew today.
- Nia ohin hemu ai-moruk musan rua.He took two tablets today.
- Ami hasoru labarik na'in rua iha ne'ebá.We met two children there.
- Ha'u ohin lee jornál rua.Today I read two newspapers.
- Ema atus rua servisu iha ne'e.Two hundred people work here.