Timor-Leste has changed its fiscal year to be the calendar year. in Tetun
Timor-leste troka ona ninia tinan fiskál ba tinan kalendáriu nian.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Aspect markers
ona — 'already' (perfective)
onaPlaced after the verb (or after the object), 'ona' marks that something has already happened. Cannot stand alone — must belong to a sentence. See also 'tiha ona' for a stronger completed aspect.
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nian'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
- Timor-leste hetan indepedénsia iha loron 20 fulan Maiu tinan 2002.Timor-Leste gained its independence on the 20th of May 2002.
- Timor-leste komemora nia loron restaurasaun indepedénsia iha loron 20 dé Maiu.Timor-Leste commemorate its restoration of independence on the 20th of May.
- Iha 2017, Sr Xanana Gusmão mak Timor-leste nia negosiadór prinsipál iha negosiasaun ho Austrália kona ba Tasi Timor.In 2017, Mr Xanana Gusmão was Timor-Leste's chief negotiator in the negotiations with Australia over the Timor Sea.
- Ha'u nia nasaun Timor-Leste.My country is Timor-Leste.
- Timor-leste seidauk uza enerjia solár.Timor-Leste doesn't yet use solar energy.
- Komérsiu iha Timor-leste la'o susar tebes.Business in Timor-Leste is moving very slowly.