We use the words “Your Excellency” in formal situations, not when we’re chatting. in Tetun
Ita uza liafuan “sua eselénsia” iha situasaun formál, la'ós bainhira ita ko'alia halimar.
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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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- 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.
- He keeps twisting words to and fro, and is inconsistent with his own words.Nia fila lia bá-mai, la konsistente ho nia liafuan rasik.
- Now we are no longer use a hearth of three cooking stones, but instead use a stove to cook.Agora ami la uza ona lali'an, maibé uza fali fogaun hodi te'in.
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- Use this axe to split wood.Uza baliu ne'e hodi fera ai.