When the people choose a government according to a process that is run properly in accordance with the law, this government is legitimate. in Tetun
Bainhira povu hili governu tuir prosesu ne'ebé la'o ho loos tuir lei, governu ne'e lejítimu.
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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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- According to the democratic system of government, the people choose their representatives to rule them.Tuir sistema governu demokrasia, povu hili sira nia reprezentante atu ukun sira.
- When people conduct civic education, they teach the people about political affairs, and also about the rights and responsibilities of the people, to raise their political awareness.Kuandu ema hala'o edukasaun sívika, sira hanorin povu kona ba lia polítiku nian, no mós kona ba direitu no responsabilidade reinu nian, atu foti povu nia konsiénsia polítiku.
- According to our traditional law, we can't eat dog meat.Tuir ami nia lisan, ami la bele han na'an asu.
- Atauro people carve wood into beautiful statues of people.Ema Atauro bahat ai sai estátua ema ne'ebé furak loos.
- In the past the people paid taxes to the Portuguese government.Uluk populasaun selu impostu ba governu Portugál.
- People just kept coming in, until the house was full of people.Ema tama mate nabanaban, to'o uma laran ema nakonu.