We usually feed our puppy meat, now it is very chubby. in Tetun
Baibain ami fó han asu oan ne'e ho na'an de'it, agora nia sai kabosu loos.
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Grammar in this phrase
Intensifiers
Intensifiers (loos, tebes, demais, laduun)
loosPosition matters. 'loos' / 'tebes' / 'demais' follow the adjective ('barak loos' = very many). 'laduun' PRECEDES the adjective ('laduun diak' = not very good). 'liu tan' = even more.
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nia'nia' goes BEFORE the thing possessed; 'nian' goes AFTER. Both function the same way; position decides which form. 'nia' is also the 3rd-person pronoun (he / she / it) — disambiguate by position.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Nu'udar fundadór ida, ha'u orgullu loos tanba ita nia universidade loke ona kursu mestradu.As one of the founders, I am very proud that our university has now started a masters' course.
- Iha ami nia aldeia ami uza jeradór bainhira presiza karega telefone.In our village, we use a generator to charge our phones.
- Tuir ami nia lisan, ami la bele han na'an asu.According to our traditional law, we can't eat dog meat.
- Ami nia uma kloot loos, ema barak bá la di'ak.Our house is very narrow/small, so not many people can go.
- Agora laloran tasi ladún boot, ita bele bá kail ikan.Now the ocean waves aren’t very big, so we can go fishing.
- Ita nia partisipasaun iha konferénsia nasionál ne'e importante tebes.Our participation in the national conference is very important.