We only cooked a little at a time, because there was not enough food. in Tetun
Ami te'in uitoan-uitoan de'it, tanba hahán la to'o.
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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
- Hahán iha ka?Is there any food?
- Nia hela iha ne'ebá loron ida-rua de'it.He stayed there only a day or two.
- Ha'u foin primeira vés mai iha Dili.I’ve come to Dili for only the first time.
- Agora rai tarutu, tanba udan mai dadaun.Now there is thunder, because rain is coming.
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