Thousands of people died during the war. in Tetun
Ema rihun-rahun mak mate iha tempu funu nian.
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This Tetun (Tetum) translation comes from a curated 2,500-phrase parallel corpus drawn from the official tetun.org dictionary by Catharina Williams-van Klinken. Tetun is one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste alongside Portuguese.
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- Many Timorese people were killed during the war.Uluk ema oho mate Timor oan barak iha funu laran.
- Many Timorese people died during the Indonesian occupation.Durante okupasaun Indonezia, Timor oan barak mate.
- During the 2006 crisis some people said, "The common people chase death, the leaders chase seats (of power)."Iha krize 2006 ema balu dehan, "Povu duni kaixaun, boot sira duni kadeira."
- Many people died. There were also seven injured people whom we managed to take to hospital, even though it was a long way.Ema barak mate. Iha mós ema kanek na'in hitu mak ami konsege lori ba ospitál, maski dook.
- When people conduct civic education, they teach the people about political affairs, and also about the rights and responsibilities of the people, to raise their political awareness.Kuandu ema hala'o edukasaun sívika, sira hanorin povu kona ba lia polítiku nian, no mós kona ba direitu no responsabilidade reinu nian, atu foti povu nia konsiénsia polítiku.
- We must remember those friends who died in the war.Ita tenke hanoin maluk sira ne'ebé mate iha funu laran.