Their house is seven kilometres away from the main road. in Tetun
Sira nia uma kilómetru hitu hosi estrada boot.
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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.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Joana nia uma iha estrada.Joana's house is beside the road.
- Sira nia uma iha kuartu tolu, ami nian iha kuartu rua.Their house has three bedrooms, ours has two.
- Sees hosi ha'u nia uma! Ha'u la gosta haree ó nia oin.Get away from my house! I don’t like to see your face.
- Sira sempre manifesta sira nia fidelidade ba sira nia lider.They always demonstrate their faithfulness to their leader.
- Ita presiza uma provizóriu ida atu hela to'o ita bele harii ita nia uma rasik.We need a temporary house to stay in until we can build our own house.
- Alin feto sira baku baba-dook hodi fó benvindu ba prezidente ba sira nia eskola.The young girls beat their drums to welcome the president to their school.