When a parent-in-law dies, the sons in law tighten their belts! (because it is so expensive) in Tetun
Bainhira banin mate, mane foun sira kesi sintu metin!
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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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- Don't extend their contract, because they don't work well!La bele hanaruk tan sira nia kontratu, tanba sira servisu la di'ak!
- They always demonstrate their faithfulness to their leader.Sira sempre manifesta sira nia fidelidade ba sira nia lider.
- They are not doing their work properly because they received bribes.Sira servisu oin la moos hotu tanba simu subornu.
- The young girls beat their drums to welcome the president to their school.Alin feto sira baku baba-dook hodi fó benvindu ba prezidente ba sira nia eskola.
- Aderito is a good leader because he always asks his staff for their ideas.Aderito lider ida ne'ebé di'ak tanba nia sempre husu nia staf nia ideia.
- Monica is going to study law in the university because she wants to become a lawyer.Monica atu estuda direitu iha universidade tanba nia hakarak sai advogadu.