The leadership didn't allocate money to pay the staff. Of course this gave rise to problems! in Tetun
Lideransa la aloka osan atu selu funsionáriu. Naturalmente ida ne'e hamosu problema!
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Negation
la — 'not' (general negation)
laPlaced before verbs and adjectives to negate them. For contrastive 'not X but Y' use 'laós'; for 'not yet' use 'seidauk'; for 'no longer' wrap 'la ... ona' around the verb.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Iha tempu uluk, osan seidauk iha, Antonio fó manu troka ho Maria nia fós.In the past, before there was money, Antonio gave money in exchange for Maria's rice.
- Ha'u la hetan doit metan ida!I didn't get any money at all!
- Oinsá mak ita bele hetan osan atu selu eskola?How can we get money to pay for schooling?
- Ha'u fó $1, nia volta fali 50c.I gave (him) a dollar, and he gave me fifty cents change.
- Nia aman la fó osan nia ne'e mak nia tanis halo bulak rai tiha de'it ne'e.When his father didn't give him money he just cried intensely.
- Ha'u fó nia pulsa saugati, maibé nia nafatin la telefone ha'u.I gave him phone credit for free, but he still didn’t call me.