This coffee isn’t good to drink because it is too bitter. You need to add some sugar. in Tetun
Kafé ne'e ita hemu la di'ak tanba moruk loos. Tenke tau masin midar uitoan.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Intensifiers
Intensifiers (loos, tebes, demais, laduun)
loosPosition matters. 'loos' / 'tebes' / 'demais' follow the adjective ('barak loos' = very many). 'laduun' PRECEDES the adjective ('laduun diak' = not very good). 'liu tan' = even more.
Negation
la — 'not' (general negation)
laPlaced before verbs and adjectives to negate them. For contrastive 'not X but Y' use 'laós'; for 'not yet' use 'seidauk'; for 'no longer' wrap 'la ... ona' around the verb.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Bá hola kafé rahun iha loja para ita halo kafé hemu.Go and get some powdered coffee from the shop so we can make some coffee to drink.
- Ema balu gosta baria, balu la gosta.Some people like bitter gourd, some don’t.
- Alin, hamanas lai kafé fó ba ita nia bainaka hemu.Younger sister, heat up some coffee for our visitors to drink.
- Labarik barak la gosta halimar ho Pedro tanba nia atitude la di'ak.Lots of children don’t like playing with Pedro because his behaviour isn’t good.
- Daan koto to'o grosu mak tau modo tahan ba para han gostu.Boil the beans until the liquid thickens then add some leafy vegetables, so that it taste good.
- Naza kaan loos atu hemu kafé.Naza craves to drink coffee.