When (we) were at school, we had to memorise various dialogues in French. Some I still know now. in Tetun
Uluk iha eskola, ami tenke dekor diálogu oioin ho lian Fransa. Balu ha'u sei hatene to'o agora.
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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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- Some shops in the Timor Plaza have discounts on clothes. Let’s go and buy some now.Loja balu iha Timor Plaza halo hela deskontu ba ropa, di'ak liu ita bá sosa agora.
- Even though his clothes were still somewhat wet, Atoy had to wear them, because he was late for school.Ropa ne'e sei bok-bokon hela, Atoy obriga hatais de'it, tanba nia tarde ona bá eskola.
- Some people like bitter gourd, some don’t.Ema balu gosta baria, balu la gosta.
- So is that the reality from now on? I don't know.Serake realidade mak ne'e de'it ona? Ha'u la hatene.
- Martinha used to be skinny, but now she’s put on some weight.Uluk Martinha krekas, maibé agora nia isin sa'e oituan.
- This child comes to school every day, but still doesn’t learn.Labarik ne'e loroloron mai eskola, maibé beik nafatin.