We rent a house because we don’t have money to buy one. in Tetun
Ami aluga uma tanba la iha osan atu sosa.
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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
- La bele hanaruk tan sira nia kontratu, tanba sira servisu la di'ak!Don't extend their contract, because they don't work well!
- Ha'u hakarak atu sosa kamera Canon ida maibé osan la iha.I would like to buy a Canon camera but I don’t have enough money.
- Ha'u ladún gosta ida ne'e.I don’t like this one very much.
- Ha'u nervozu tanba nia servisu la di'ak.I’m irritated because he don’t work well.
- Ita hatene ema ruma buka uma atu aluga ka?Do you know anyone looking for a house to rent?
- Uma ida ne'e la di'ak ida. Ida ne'ebá kapás.This house is no good. The one over there is lovely.