The young lady forgot to button up her shirt button, with the result that many people stared at her. in Tetun
Menina ne'e haluha prega butaun faru nian, halo ema hotu fihir nia.
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Grammar in this phrase
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nianian'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.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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