The situation in Dili is normal, so we can travel around in the night time. in Tetun
Situasaun iha Dili laran normal, ita bele la'o iha tempu kalan.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Possibility & probability
bele / parese / dala ruma / kala — possibility
beleTetun hedges less than English, but has a cluster of markers. 'bele' before the verb = can / may. 'parese' at the start = 'seems'. 'dala ruma' at the start of a clause = 'perhaps, sometimes'. 'kala / kal' before a number = 'approximately'.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Iha Dili, kuandu kalan ona, mikrolét la sirkula ona.In Dili, once it is evening, minibuses no longer travel around.
- Ha'u sa'e bisikleta bá pasiar iha Dili laran.I rode a bike for an outing around Dili.
- Ha'u foin primeira vés mai iha Dili.I’ve come to Dili for only the first time.
- Mestre hanorin full-time ka part-time?Does the teacher teach full-time or part-time?
- Kalan ami toba la dukur, tanba hanoin barak.At night we can’t sleep, because we are worried.
- Nia loron-kalan halimar de'it.He just plays around all the time (he doesn't work).