Sorry, I couldn't pick up the phone before because I was teaching. - No worries. in Tetun
Deskulpa, ohin ha'u la bele foti telefone tanba ha'u hanorin hela. - La buat ida.
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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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Related phrases
- We are all learning fast because the teacher has very good teaching methods.Ami hotu aprende lalais tanba mestra nia métodu hanorin di'ak teb-tebes.
- I scrape off the phone recharge card to top up my phone, so I can call my mother.Ha'u koir hela pulsa atu enxe ba telefone, para telefone ba ferik lai.
- People used to respect of you because you worked honestly, but now you have a bad reputation because you stole.Uluk ema respeitu ó tanba ó servisu ho onestu, maibé agora ó nia naran aat ona tanba ó na'ok.
- Whose phone is ringing?Sé nia telefone mak lian?
- We talked over the phone.Ita ko'alia via telefone.
- What is your phone number?Ó nia númeru telefone hira?