When a party gets a simple majority, it gets more votes than the other parties, even if it doesn't reach 50% of all votes. in Tetun
Kuandu kandidatu ida hetan maioria simples, nia hetan votu barak liu partidu sira seluk, maski la to'o 50% hosi votu hotu-hotu karik.
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Grammar in this phrase
Comparison
liu — comparison 'more / most'
liuTetun comparison uses 'X liu Y' not 'mais X' — the adjective stays put and 'liu' follows. With a focus 'mak' it becomes superlative. Avoid Portuguese-style 'melhor' or 'mais boot'.
Conditionals
se / karik — conditionals
karik'se' opens a definite conditional ('if X, then Y'). 'karik' sits at the end of a clause and hedges it ('perhaps'); it can also mark an uncertain conditional.
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
- Kuandu partidu ida hetan maioria absoluta, ne'e katak nia hetan liu 50% hosi votu hotu-hotu.When a party gets an absolute majority, this means that it gets more than 50% of all votes.
- Partidu ida la bele uza atributu partidu seluk nian hodi hala'o kampaña.A party is not allowed to use the insignia of other parties in their campaigns.
- Ami hotu hela bes-besik malu.We all live close to each other.
- Ha'u ohin servisu ful! La bele halo tan!I've worked all day! I can't do any more!
- Ita presiza saida-saida tan ba festa ne'e?What other things do we need for this party?
- Agora vida moris karun liu tan!Now the cost of living has gone up even more!