The conductor said "There's free (space)!", so I got in (to the minibus) straight away. in Tetun
Konjak dehan "Frei!", nune'e ha'u tama kedas.
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Time expressions
Temporal connectors
kedasCommon time words: 'bainhira / kuandu' = when; 'molok / antes' = before; 'depois' and 'liu tiha' = after; 'kedas' = immediately; 'foin' = only just, very recently; 'kleur' = a long time.
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Related phrases
- Tia sa'e mikrolét hiti de'it nia subriña tanba ema nakonu.Auntie got into the minibus and held her niece on her lap because the minibus was full of people.
- Bikan fo'er barak loos iha meza leten, favór ida foti tiha.There are lots of dirty plates on the table. Please take them away.
- Ha'u buka fatin atu para ha'u nia kareta, maibé la iha espasu.I’m looking for a place to park my car, but there are no (free) spaces.
- Ita halo funu durante 24 anus, la'ós insusesu de'it, susesu mós iha.During those 24 years that we fought, there weren't just failures, there were also successes.
- Horiseik joven sira halo problema iha ami nia bairu, polísia mai atua kedas.Yesterday when the young people created trouble in our neighbourhood, the police came straight away to deal with it.
- Xefe aldeia dehan, “Diak liu imi subar lai, tanba milísia buka hela imi.” Nune'e prontu, ami mós halo tuir.The village head said, “You’d better hide for a while, as the militia are looking for you.” So the, we did as he said.