We prepared a hundred chairs, but the people who came were many more than that. in Tetun
Ami prepara kadeira atus ida, maibé ema mai res-resin tiha fali.
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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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- In 1999, more people chose independence than autonomy.Iha 1999, ema barak liu hili independénsia duké autonomia.
- Many people nowadays use gas for cooking, and don’t use firewood any more.Ema barak agora uza gás hodi te'in, no la uza ona ai-sunu.
- Yesterday two groups of young people attacked one another in Hudi Laran, injuring many people.Horiseik joven grupu rua seran malu iha Hudi Laran halo ema kanek barak.
- Many people died. There were also seven injured people whom we managed to take to hospital, even though it was a long way.Ema barak mate. Iha mós ema kanek na'in hitu mak ami konsege lori ba ospitál, maski dook.
- When people conduct civic education, they teach the people about political affairs, and also about the rights and responsibilities of the people, to raise their political awareness.Kuandu ema hala'o edukasaun sívika, sira hanorin povu kona ba lia polítiku nian, no mós kona ba direitu no responsabilidade reinu nian, atu foti povu nia konsiénsia polítiku.
- Only a few people came.Ema uitoan de'it mak mai.