The light in our bedroom is not yet installed, so it is very dark. in Tetun
Ami nia lampu iha kuartu laran seidauk tau, nune'e nakukun loos.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Intensifiers
Intensifiers (loos, tebes, demais, laduun)
loosPosition matters. 'loos' / 'tebes' / 'demais' follow the adjective ('barak loos' = very many). 'laduun' PRECEDES the adjective ('laduun diak' = not very good). 'liu tan' = even more.
Negation
seidauk — 'not yet'
seidaukSingle word covering English 'not yet / hasn't ... yet'. Goes before the verb.
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
- Jorge seidauk han. Nia hamlaha loos!Jorge hasn't eaten yet. He's very hungry!
- Ha'u la'o iha ne'e ta'uk, tanba nakukun loos.I’m afraid to walk here, as it’s very dark.
- Baibain ami fó han asu oan ne'e ho na'an de'it, agora nia sai kabosu loos.We usually feed our puppy meat, now it is very chubby.
- Iha ami nia aldeia ami uza jeradór bainhira presiza karega telefone.In our village, we use a generator to charge our phones.
- Ami nia uma kloot loos, ema barak bá la di'ak.Our house is very narrow/small, so not many people can go.
- Iha lampra karik ajuda leno lai fatin ne'e tanba nakukun loos.If you have a torch, please shine it here, as it’s very dark.