Use the razor to shave off the boy’s hair. in Tetun
Uza lámina ne'e para koi molik tiha labarik nia fuuk.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nia'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
- Ami uza kareta ne'e ba ami nia an.We use this car for ourselves (i.e. for private use).
- Lensu mak ne'e, uza hamoos tiha ó nia inus been.Here is the handkerchief. Use it to wipe off your snot.
- Tusan ne'e ha'u selu neineik-neineik, to'o tinan ida foin selu kotu.I paid off this debt slowly. It took me a year to pay it off completely.
- Ema barak agora uza gás hodi te'in, no la uza ona ai-sunu.Many people nowadays use gas for cooking, and don’t use firewood any more.
- Agora ami la uza ona lali'an, maibé uza fali fogaun hodi te'in.Now we are no longer use a hearth of three cooking stones, but instead use a stove to cook.
- Ita uza ita nia matan hodi haree.we use our eyes to see.