The price of everything isn't good (for us farmers); the price of beans is low, the price of corn is low. in Tetun
Buat hotu-hotu folin ladún di'ak; koto folin ki'ik, batar folin ki'ik.
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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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- Many farmers do mixed cropping, for instance planting beans and corn together.Toos na'in barak kuda kahur, ezemplu kuda kahur koto ho batar.
- How many types of corn did you plant? - We planted two types: ‘quick’ corn and ‘big’ corn.Imi kuda batar oin hira? - Ami kuda oin rua: batar lais ho batar boot.
- Lots of children don’t like playing with Pedro because his behaviour isn’t good.Labarik barak la gosta halimar ho Pedro tanba nia atitude la di'ak.
- This coffee isn’t good to drink because it is too bitter. You need to add some sugar.Kafé ne'e ita hemu la di'ak tanba moruk loos. Tenke tau masin midar uitoan.
- Boil the beans until the liquid thickens then add some leafy vegetables, so that it taste good.Daan koto to'o grosu mak tau modo tahan ba para han gostu.
- This trader makes good profit because he buys goods cheaply, and sells them at a somewhat higher price.Negosiante ne'e hetan lukru di'ak tanba sosa sasán ho folin baratu, í fa'an ho folin aas uitoan.