There are almost two hundred participants in our English course. in Tetun
Partisipante iha ami nia kursu Inglés kuaze atus rua.
English → Tetun phrasebook
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
- Iha voluntáriu na'in rua hosi Austrália hanorin Inglés iha eskola.There are two volunteers from Australia teaching English at school.
- Ami hasoru labarik na'in rua iha ne'ebá.We met two children there.
- Ema atus rua servisu iha ne'e.Two hundred people work here.
- Nia hela iha ne'ebá loron ida-rua de'it.He stayed there only a day or two.
- Ful-fulan, ami nia osan tama dolar atus tolu.Our monthly income is three hundred dollars. s
- Semana kotuk padre fó sarani labarik hamutuk atus rua.Last week the priest christened two hundred children.