The victim's family weren't satisfied with the judge's decision on the accused, as the judge gave him unconditional freedom. in Tetun
Vitíma nia família la satisfás ho desizaun juiz ba arguidu tanba fó liberdade totál ba nia.
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Grammar in this phrase
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nia'nia' goes BEFORE the thing possessed; 'nian' goes AFTER. Both function the same way; position decides which form. 'nia' is also the 3rd-person pronoun (he / she / it) — disambiguate by position.
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
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- Ema fó sala ba nia dehan nia mak oho labarik ne'e.People accused him saying it was he who had killed the child.
- Ha'u fó nia pulsa saugati, maibé nia nafatin la telefone ha'u.I gave him phone credit for free, but he still didn’t call me.
- Horiseik Carlos hamoos uma laran, rai rahun barak loos, halo nia inus metin.Yesterday Carlos cleaned the house, and there was a lot of dust, which gave him a blocked nose.
- Iha 1974 governu koloniál Portugés fó liberdade ba povu Timor-leste atu harii partidu polítiku.In 1974 the Portuguese colonial government gave the East Timorese people freedom to establish political parties.
- Nia fó livru mai ha'u.He gave me a book.