This man has a very bad behaviour. in Tetun
Mane ne'e nia hahalok aat loos.
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.
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
- Ninia atitude iha eskola la di'ak.His behaviour in school is bad.
- Ó nia hahalok aat ne'e hamoe família de'it.Your bad behaviour has shamed the family.
- Ó ne'e mane, tenke hatudu ó nia hahalok nu'udar mane, la bele hanesan fali feto.You’re a man, and should act like a man, not like a woman.
- Sira koá sai Arey nia naran hosi eskola tanba hahalok aat beibeik.They expelled Arey from the school for continual bad behaviour.
- Ha'u sei kesar ó nia hahalok aat ne'e bá pai para lalika halo taan.I will report your bad behaviour to dad so that you don’t do it again.
- Mane ne'e hanoin aat ba menina ne'e hodi halo aat hasoru nia.This man had evil intentions towards the young woman, to do bad to her.