What on earth is this child eating to make him so fat!? in Tetun
Labarik ne'e han de'it saida mak bokur loos ne'e!?
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Focus
mak — focus marker
mak'mak' focuses the preceding constituent — used when English would bold or cleft ('it was X who...'). Also forms the superlative with 'liu'.
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.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ha'u nia oan moras. Favór ida lori ba ospitál.My child is sick. Please take (him/her) to hospital.
- Kolu lai labarik nia ropa mak fó hariis.Take off the child’s clothes before giving him a bath.
- Labarik ne'e nakar-teen, presiza fó disiplina ba nia lor-loron.The child is naughty; you need to discipline him every day.
- Ema fó sala ba nia dehan nia mak oho labarik ne'e.People accused him saying it was he who had killed the child.
- Atoy kala fulan lotuk fali ona mak ko'alia arbiru de'it ne'e.Atoy might have gone a bit crazy to make him talk randomly like that.
- Sr. Joni nia karakter di'ak teb-tebes, halo ema barak kolega ho nia.Mr. Joni’s character is wonderful, so lots of people make friends with him.