We must respect our parents so that we may live long lives on earth. in Tetun
Ita tenke hamta'uk ita nia inan-aman atu nune'e ita nia vida bele naruk iha mundu ne'e.
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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
- We must respect our parents.Ita tenke respeita ita nia inan-aman.
- Our own mother died a long time ago, so it is our adoptive mother who looks after us.Ami nia inan rasik mate kleur ona, nune'e ami nia inan hakiak mak tau matan ba ami.
- We must love our enemies.Ita tenke hadomi ita nia funu-balun.
- We must increase our faith.Ita tenke haboot ita nia fiar.
- The host has been consecrated, you must respect it!Hóstia ne'e konsagradu tiha ona, tenke respeita!
- In our village, we use a generator to charge our phones.Iha ami nia aldeia ami uza jeradór bainhira presiza karega telefone.