The old men just swallow it whole, without needing to chew it. in Tetun
Katuas sira tolan tom-tomak de'it, la presiza nata.
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This Tetun (Tetum) translation comes from a curated 2,500-phrase parallel corpus drawn from the official tetun.org dictionary by Catharina Williams-van Klinken. Tetun is one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste alongside Portuguese.
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- You're just sitting there like a boss, not working, just waiting to be fed!Ó tuur hanesan bos de'it, la hatene halo servisu, hein han de'it!
- Parents educating you but when you don’t pay attention just be careful just be careful that you don’t go astray.Inan-aman hanorin la rona ta'uk mak la'o sala dalan de'it.
- Our director has just resigned to become a government minister. So we must appoint someone else as permanent director, not just as an acting director.Ita nia diretór foin rezigna an atu sai fali ministru. Nune'e ita presiza foti fali ema seluk sai diretór definitivu, la bele foti reitór interinu de'it.
- Women and men sit apart.Feto tuur ketak, mane tuur ketak.
- Don’t be afraid. Just go!Lalika ta'uk. Bá de'it!
- Old women love chewing tobacco.Ferik sira gosta loos sonke tabaku.