This picture is beautiful. Who drew/painted it? in Tetun
Dezeñu ne'e kapás loos, sé mak pinta?
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Focus
mak — focus marker
mak'mak' focuses the preceding constituent — used when English would bold or cleft ('it was X who...'). Also forms the superlative with 'liu'.
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.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Nia pinta dezeñu uma kapás loos.She painted a beautiful picture of a house.
- Sira oin bonita tan-tanan!They're all beautiful!
- Ohin klubu rua ne'e empata.The two teams drew today.
- Ha'u gosta hasai foto iha fatin ne'ebé furak.I like taking photos in beautiful places.
- Ami dada rifa iha Telkomsel atu hetan premiu.We drew lots at Telkomcel to get an award.
- Se ita sa'e ba Dare, ita haree panorama Dili furak loos.If we go up to Dare, we see a beautiful view of Dili.