The children like reading Mau Sesta’s story in the magazine Lafaek. in Tetun
Labarik sira gosta lee Mau Sesta nia istória iha revista Lafaek.
English → Tetun phrasebook
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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Related phrases
- 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.
- Ha'u ladún gosta lee istória ne'e, tanba deskritivu demais, asaun la iha.I didn't really like reading this story, as it was too descriptive, there was no action.
- Labarik sira gosta hasé malae dehan, “Helo mister!”Children like greeting foreigners with “Hello mister!”
- Ó ne'e mane, tenke hatudu ó nia hahalok nu'udar mane, la bele hanesan fali feto.You’re a man, and should act like a man, not like a woman.
- Labarik sira fila hosi eskola, gosta halimar de'it.When the children return from school, they like to just play.
- Labarik barak la gosta halimar ho Pedro tanba nia atitude la di'ak.Lots of children don’t like playing with Pedro because his behaviour isn’t good.