This is our house. in Tetun
Ne'e ami nia uma.
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
- Ita presiza uma provizóriu ida atu hela to'o ita bele harii ita nia uma rasik.We need a temporary house to stay in until we can build our own house.
- Ami fó aluga ami nia uma ba malae Tailándia.We are renting our house out to Thai people.
- Ohin ami haree bani semo iha ami nia uma leten.We just saw a bee flying around in our house.
- Sira fó hatene mai ami, dehan ami nia uma ahi han.They informed us that our house was burnt down.
- Ami nia orsamentu la to'o atu halo uma di'ak.Our budget is not big enough to build a good house.
- Iha ami nia aldeia ami uza jeradór bainhira presiza karega telefone.In our village, we use a generator to charge our phones.