Teacher Mario resigned from his work as he didn’t like his boss. in Tetun
Mestre Mario dada an hosi nia servisu tanba la gosta nia xefe.
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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.
Negation
la — 'not' (general negation)
laPlaced before verbs and adjectives to negate them. For contrastive 'not X but Y' use 'laós'; for 'not yet' use 'seidauk'; for 'no longer' wrap 'la ... ona' around the verb.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Tiu Domingos sempre rei nia oan ho nia kaben molok nia bá servisu.Uncle Domingos always kisses his children and his wife before leaving for work.
- Istória ne'ebé nia hakerek ne'e, ha'u gosta nia tópiku, maibé la gosta nia maneira narasaun.This story that he's written, I like the topic, but don't like his style of story-telling.
- Patraun nia skil komunikasaun ho bisnis nian ladún di'ak, entaun nia planu la la'o ba oin.The boss' communication and business skills aren't very good, so his plans didn't eventuate.
- Mateus agora de'ut hela nia matan, tanba ai-luruk mak tama.Mateus is rubbing his eyes with the back of his hands, because a prickle has gotten into his eye.
- Problema ne'e nia fukun iha ne'ebé? - Nia fukun tanba nia apá uluk la husu deskulpa ba nia avoo sira.Where does this problem derive from? - Its roots are that his father didn't ask forgiveness of his grandparents.
- Ohin dadeer ha'u la bá servisu.This morning I didn't go to work.