Some people, even when they have everything, still whine, "Ah! What's going to come of us?" in Tetun
Ema balu, buat hotu-hotu iha mós, dada iis hela de'it, "Ah! Ita ne'e oinsá?"
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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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- They are just opportunists. In the past when it was hard, they fled overseas, but now they have come back seeking positions in the government.Sira ne'e oportunista de'it. Uluk rai susar, sira halai sai ba rai li'ur, maibé agora sira mai fali buka pozisaun iha governu.
- When people conduct civic education, they teach the people about political affairs, and also about the rights and responsibilities of the people, to raise their political awareness.Kuandu ema hala'o edukasaun sívika, sira hanorin povu kona ba lia polítiku nian, no mós kona ba direitu no responsabilidade reinu nian, atu foti povu nia konsiénsia polítiku.
- Some people like bitter gourd, some don’t.Ema balu gosta baria, balu la gosta.
- Some people sing well, but stutter when they speak.Ema balu kanta di'ak, maibé ko'alia gagu.
- Young people when they are bored love going to the market to look around.Joven sira, kuandu baruk gosta loos bá fa'an matan iha merkadu.
- Some senior people who work in the parliament swindle the people of their money.Ema boot servisu iha parlamentu, balu han matak povu nia osan.