The teachers (all of them) didn’t go to school today. in Tetun
Mestre sira ohin la tama eskola.
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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
- Mestre hotu-hotu ohin bá Baucau.All the teachers went to Baucau today.
- Ina ohin la bá eskola, tanba moras.Ina didn't go to school today, as she is sick.
- Haas iha toos lar tasak hotu ona, ami atu bá kait.The mangoes on the farm are all ripe, we’re about to go and hook them (to pick them).
- Sira hotu mogok servisu tanba patraun selu sira la tuir tuir estandar ne'ebé governu fó sai.They are all on strike because the boss didn’t pay them according to the standards put out by the government.
- Ha'u la hetan doit metan ida!I didn't get any money at all!
- Ohin ami estuda matéria biolojia iha eskola.we studied biology at school today.