When we cook dog meat we always use lemon grass. in Tetun
Bainhira ami te'in na'an asu sempre uza du'ut morin.
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bainhiraCommon time words: 'bainhira / kuandu' = when; 'molok / antes' = before; 'depois' and 'liu tiha' = after; 'kedas' = immediately; 'foin' = only just, very recently; 'kleur' = a long time.
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