We eat the wild lima bean that my mum boiled, soaked in water for one whole day and rinse three times. in Tetun
Ami han koto tisi ne'ebé ha'u nia maê daan, hoban loron ida tomak iha bee laran no fase dala tolu.
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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
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- Ha'u loroloron matabixu tuku hitu.Every day I eat breakfast at seven o’clock.
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- Ha'u bá kuru bee iha bee matan.I'm going to fetch water from the spring/water source.
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- Ha'u ta'es bee manas uza koadór bá termus laran.I’m straining the boiled water into a thermos using a strainer.