Some people have dual nationality, for example East Timorese as well as Portuguese. in Tetun
Ema balu iha dupla nasionalidade, ezemplu Timor-leste ho mós Portugál nian.
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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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- In 1974 the Portuguese colonial government gave the East Timorese people freedom to establish political parties.Iha 1974 governu koloniál Portugés fó liberdade ba povu Timor-leste atu harii partidu 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.
- When all people live well, it means the country has developed well.Bainhira ema hotu moris di'ak. signifika nasaun ne'e dezenvolve ona ho di'ak.
- 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.
- During the 2006 crisis some people said, "The common people chase death, the leaders chase seats (of power)."Iha krize 2006 ema balu dehan, "Povu duni kaixaun, boot sira duni kadeira."