Today I wanted to eat ice-cream but I didn’t have money to buy some. in Tetun
Ohin ha'u hakarak han eskrim mais osan la iha atu sosa.
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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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Related phrases
- If you buy ice cream, eat it all up straightaway, otherwise it will melt.Karik sosa eskrim han hotu kedas, se lae nabeen.
- Some shops in the Timor Plaza have discounts on clothes. Let’s go and buy some now.Loja balu iha Timor Plaza halo hela deskontu ba ropa, di'ak liu ita bá sosa agora.
- In 1975, some Timorese wanted independence, others wanted federation with Portugal.Iha 1975, ema Timor balu hakarak ukun rasik an, balu hakarak federasaun ba Portugál.
- Eat some more!Han tan!
- I didn't get any money at all!Ha'u la hetan doit metan ida!
- Some people like bitter gourd, some don’t.Ema balu gosta baria, balu la gosta.