The banana tree over there broke off, as its bananas are all really big. in Tetun
Hudi ne'ebá tohar tanba nia fulin mesak bokar de'it.
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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.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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- Pai kesi kuda talin iha ai-huun boot para kuda lalika halai tan.Dad tied up the horse’s reins to a big tree so the horse wouldn’t run off again.
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