When are you ('sir') going to Suai? in Tetun

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'.

• Time expressions

  Temporal connectors

  bainhira

  Common time words: 'bainhira / kuandu' = when; 'molok / antes' = before; 'depois' and 'liu tiha' = after; 'kedas' = immediately; 'foin' = only just, very recently; 'kleur' = a long time.

More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.

Related phrases

• Nia hosi Suai.She is from Suai.
• Bondia, señór.Good morning, sir.
• Ita bá ne'ebé?Where are you going?
• Ha'u bá Baucau.I am going to Baucau.
• See-see mak atu bá?Who is going? (for a group)
• Señór ko'alia Portugés ka?Do you ('sir') speak Portuguese?