This week we have choir practice every evening as next Sunday it is our choir that will sing (in church). in Tetun
Semana ne'e ami kala-kalan ensaiu tanba Domingu oin ami nia koru mak kanta.
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'.
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
- Dosente sei koriji ita nia ezame semana ida ne'e.The lecturer will correct our exams this week.
- Kultu Domingu iha igreja Hosana hahú tuku 9.The Sunday church service in Hosana church starts at 9am.
- Loron Domingu ami nia grupu hala'o karidade iha Bebora bá vizita ferik ida.On Sunday our group went to Bebora to visit an old lady as our act of charity.
- Ita sei liu iha imigrasaun hodi revista ita nia sasán hotu mak foin ita bele sai ba li'ur.We will go through immigration where they will inspect our goods before we can go outside.
- Iha salmu responsoriál, grupu ida iha koru kanta solu, sarani sira kanta refraun.In responsorial psalms, a group in the choir sing the solo, the congregation sing the refrain.
- Semana-semana Maria iha enkontru ho nia xefe.Every week Maria has a meeting with her boss.