She married a Manatuto man. in Tetun
Nia hola mane Manatuto.
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
- Ó ne'e mane, tenke hatudu ó nia hahalok nu'udar mane, la bele hanesan fali feto.You’re a man, and should act like a man, not like a woman.
- Ó ne'e kaben na'in, ne'ebé keta halimar ho feto seluk!You’re a married man, so don’t go playing with other women!
- Agora ó nia naran fo'er, tanba ó kaben na'in maibé ó namora fali feto klosan.Now you have a bad reputation, because you are a married man are dating a single girl.
- Mane ne'e nia hahalok aat loos.This man has a very bad behaviour.
- Horiseik señór ida mai vizita ha'u.Yesterday a man came and visited me.
- Ha'u espera katak tinan oin ami bele kaben.I hope that next year we can get married.