The car couldn't make it up the hill; they chocked the wheels so it wouldn't slide back. in Tetun
Kareta sa'e foho la bele, sira tau kalsu para la bele hakiduk.
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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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- They are just opportunists. In the past when it was hard, they fled overseas, but now they have come back seeking positions in the government.Sira ne'e oportunista de'it. Uluk rai susar, sira halai sai ba rai li'ur, maibé agora sira mai fali buka pozisaun iha governu.
- They will coordinate with their boss, then they will make a decision.Sira sei halo kordenasaun ho sira nia xefe depois mak fó desizaun.
- They all ate until they were satisfied. Having eaten, they went their separate ways.Sira hotu han to'o bosu. Han tiha, sira mós fahe malu.
- They are sieving sand to make a drain.Sira peneira rai henek para atu halo baleta.
- This car is my private car, not a government one.Kareta ne'e ha'u nian privadu, la'ós estadu nian.
- They always lock the door when they leave the house.Sira sempre xave odamatan waiñira sira sai husi uma.