Today I was going to participate too, however because my younger sister was sick, I could not be present. in Tetun
Ohin ha'u atu bá partisipa hotu, komu alin feto moras, entaun la bele marka prezensa.
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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
- 'Younger brother/sister', where are you going?Alin, ó bá ne'ebé?
- I lent my motorbike to a friend so she could give her younger brother/sister a lift to hospital.Ha'u fó empresta motór ba ha'u nia kolega atu nia bele tula nia alin ba ospitál.
- Ina didn't go to school today, as she is sick.Ina ohin la bá eskola, tanba moras.
- My younger sister does the sweeping every morning.Dadeer-dadeer ha'u nia alin sempre dasa rai.
- 'Younger brother/sister', what are you doing later?Alin, orsida ó halo saida?
- Today Maria didn’t come to work. Perhaps she is sick.Ohin Maria la mai servisu. Dala ruma nia moras.