These days Dili is overly modern, and people desire to have all sorts of things. in Tetun
Ohin loron Dili modernu liu, no ema nia matan kaan buat hotu-hotu.
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This Tetun (Tetum) translation comes from a curated 2,500-phrase parallel corpus drawn from the official tetun.org dictionary by Catharina Williams-van Klinken. Tetun is one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste alongside Portuguese.
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- During the campaign you promised all sorts of things, but these haven't happened.Uluk iha kampaña ó ko'alia fun-funan loos, maibé agora la realiza.
- They invited all sorts of important people to this party (e.g. from the government, army, and NGOs).Sira konvida ema boboot mai iha festa ne'e.
- When people conduct civic education, they teach the people about political affairs, and also about the rights and responsibilities of the people, to raise their political awareness.Kuandu ema hala'o edukasaun sívika, sira hanorin povu kona ba lia polítiku nian, no mós kona ba direitu no responsabilidade reinu nian, atu foti povu nia konsiénsia polítiku.
- On All Souls’ Day many people go and visit graves.Finadu ema barak bá vizita rate.
- I extend my greetings to all the people of Timor-Leste.Ha'u hato'o ha'u nia saudasoens ba povu Timor-leste tomak.
- Atauro people carve wood into beautiful statues of people.Ema Atauro bahat ai sai estátua ema ne'ebé furak loos.