The two of them each contributed money to building this shop. in Tetun
Sira na'in rua sosi mak harii loja ne'e.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Focus
mak — focus marker
mak'mak' focuses the preceding constituent — used when English would bold or cleft ('it was X who...'). Also forms the superlative with 'liu'.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Sira hirus malu to'o ida-ida buka fatuk hodi tuda malu.They were angry at each other, to the extent that they each looked for rocks and threw them at each other.
- Sira na'in rua konslet hela, la bele bolu mai tuur hamutuk.The two of them are aren't talking, you can't call them to sit together.
- Sira na'in rua la bele kaben tanba iha relasaun familiár.The two of them cannot marry as they are related.
- Horiseik Ina bá loja hodi sosa livru.Yesterday Ina went to the shop to buy books (and she indeed bought them).
- Ha'u buka xave la hetan, tanba livru helik tiha.I looked for my keys but couldn't find them, as a book concealed/covered them.
- Haas huun boot ne'e nia fuan barak mangál ona, ita bele ku'u hodi han.This large mango tree has lots of nearly-ripe fruit. We can pick them and eat them.