There was a group who made a conspiracy to shoot the president dead. in Tetun
Iha grupu ida halo konspirasaun atu tiru mate prezidente.
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Verb sequences
Result-verb sequences (baku mate, tiru mate)
tiru mateTransitive verb + intransitive verb = action + result. 'baku mate' = beat to death; 'tiru mate' = shoot dead; 'duni sai' = chase out. Keep the two verbs adjacent.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ó bosok tan dala ida, ami tiru mate kedan ó agora!If you lie one more time, we’ll shoot you dead on the spot!
- Iha grupu deskoñesidu horiseik tuda vendedór sira iha Merkadu Taibesi.Yesterday there was an unidentified group who threw stones at sellers in the Taibesi market.
- Ita halo funu durante 24 anus, la'ós insusesu de'it, susesu mós iha.During those 24 years that we fought, there weren't just failures, there were also successes.
- Semana liu ba udan boot. To'o agora bee nalihun iha uma oin, halo susuk barak tan de'it.Last week there was heavy rain. Even now there is water pooled in front of the house, leading to an increase in mosquitoes.
- Pntl deside tiru mate tiha lafaek ne'e para la bele tata fali ema seluk waiñira bá meti iha tasi.The police decided to shoot dead this crocodile so that it couldn't bite other people when they went scavenging on the tidal flats.
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