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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Grammar in this phrase
Negation
la — 'not' (general negation)
laPlaced before verbs and adjectives to negate them. For contrastive 'not X but Y' use 'laós'; for 'not yet' use 'seidauk'; for 'no longer' wrap 'la ... ona' around the verb.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Karik sosa eskrim han hotu kedas, se lae nabeen.If you buy ice cream, eat it all up straightaway, otherwise it will melt.
- Loja balu iha Timor Plaza halo hela deskontu ba ropa, di'ak liu ita bá sosa agora.Some shops in the Timor Plaza have discounts on clothes. Let’s go and buy some now.
- Iha 1975, ema Timor balu hakarak ukun rasik an, balu hakarak federasaun ba Portugál.In 1975, some Timorese wanted independence, others wanted federation with Portugal.
- Han tan!Eat some more!
- Ha'u la hetan doit metan ida!I didn't get any money at all!
- Ema balu gosta baria, balu la gosta.Some people like bitter gourd, some don’t.