The National Parliament set up an Ad hoc Committee to study the violence which occurred recently in Viqueque. in Tetun
Parlamentu Nasionál forma Komisaun Eventuál atu estuda violénsia ne'ebé mak akontese iha Viqueque foin dadauk.
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'.
Time expressions
Temporal connectors
foinCommon time words: 'bainhira / kuandu' = when; 'molok / antes' = before; 'depois' and 'liu tiha' = after; 'kedas' = immediately; 'foin' = only just, very recently; 'kleur' = a long time.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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