The motorbike's exhaust fumes can't escape, because the exhaust pipe is blocked. in Tetun
Motór ne'e suar la sai, tanba knalpot entupidu.
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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
- La bele han ai-fuan ne'e lai, tanba sei tara hela horok. Aban liurai sei hasai horok mak bele han.You can't eat the fruit yet, because it is still under the horok taboo. You can only eat the fruit once the king removes the horok.
- Agora ita bele lori kareta halai maka'as tanba rai tetuk.We can drive fast because the road is flat now.
- Kalan ami toba la dukur, tanba hanoin barak.At night we can’t sleep, because we are worried.
- Ha'u hamoris hela motór atu bá serbisu.I’m turning on the motorbike so I can go to work.
- Ita la bele halai sees hosi problema ne'e tanba ida ne'e mak realidade moris.We can’t avoid problems because they are a reality of life.
- Ami estuda la di'ak tanba labarik sira estrundu loos.We can’t study effectively because the children are so noisy.