They informed us that our house was burnt down. in Tetun
Sira fó hatene mai ami, dehan ami nia uma ahi han.
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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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- They always lock the door when they leave the house.Sira sempre xave odamatan waiñira sira sai husi uma.
- If we don’t cut down this mango tree, its roots will damage our house.Se ita la tesi haas huun ne'e, nia abut sei estraga ita nia uma.
- We need a temporary house to stay in until we can build our own house.Ita presiza uma provizóriu ida atu hela to'o ita bele harii ita nia uma rasik.
- They all ate until they were satisfied. Having eaten, they went their separate ways.Sira hotu han to'o bosu. Han tiha, sira mós fahe malu.
- When you get to the front of Elimloi shop, there is a turnoff, when you go down that road you can see our house.To'o iha loja Elimloi nia oin, iha dalan sanak ida, ita tama bele haree hetan ona ami nia uma.
- They are just opportunists. In the past when it was hard, they fled overseas, but now they have come back seeking positions in the government.Sira ne'e oportunista de'it. Uluk rai susar, sira halai sai ba rai li'ur, maibé agora sira mai fali buka pozisaun iha governu.