The police chased after two young people who were riding motorbikes without wearing helmets. in Tetun
Polísia duni tuir joven na'in rua ne'ebé sa'e motór la uza kapasete.
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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
- Ohin polísia hadame joven na'in rua ne'ebé baku malu hori kalan.The police reconciled the two young people who had a fight last night.
- Horiseik joven grupu rua seran malu iha Hudi Laran halo ema kanek barak.Yesterday two groups of young people attacked one another in Hudi Laran, injuring many people.
- Polísia apela ba joven sira atu la bele tuur iha estrada ninin iha kalan boot.The police have appealed to the young people to not sit by the roadside late at night.
- Dezastre iha Baucau foin dadaun ne'e rezulta ema na'in rua mate, ema na'in haat kanek, í uma barak aat.The recent disaster in Baucau resulted in two people dying, and four people being injured.
- Joven kristaun sira tenke haklaken Liafuan Di'ak ba nia maluk joven ne'ebé seidauk koñese Na'i Jesus.Young Christians need to share the gospel with their fellow young people who don't know the Lord Jesus.
- Horiseik joven sira halo problema iha ami nia bairu, polísia mai atua kedas.Yesterday when the young people created trouble in our neighbourhood, the police came straight away to deal with it.