The children were all present; there was only one who was absent. in Tetun
Labarik sira iha hotu. Só ida de'it mak falta.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Focus
mak — focus marker
mak'mak' focuses the preceding constituent — used when English would bold or cleft ('it was X who...'). Also forms the superlative with 'liu'.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Família ne'e mate mohu iha funu, nia jerasaun ida mós la hela.That family all died in the war, there wasn’t even one descendant left.
- Ami hotu hela iha ne'ebá.We all stayed there.
- Ami hasoru labarik na'in rua iha ne'ebá.We met two children there.
- Nia hela iha ne'ebá loron ida-rua de'it.He stayed there only a day or two.
- Ne'e ha'u nia telefone, ida ne'ebá ó nian.This is my phone, the one there is yours.
- Uma ida ne'e la di'ak ida. Ida ne'ebá kapás.This house is no good. The one over there is lovely.