Some people rub candlenut on the skin to cure fever. in Tetun
Ema balu kose kamii ba isin hodi kura isin manas.
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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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- Some people like bitter gourd, some don’t.Ema balu gosta baria, balu la gosta.
- Some people put candlenut on the baby's fontanel so that cold won't get in.Ema balu taka bebé nia baboton ho kamii para malirin la bele tama.
- 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."
- 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.
- Rub some liniment on Ester’s back as it aches.Kose mina manas ba mana Ester nia kotuk tanba moras.