Why are you bothering me so much!? Now I can’t even work! in Tetun
Nusaa ó inkomoda loos ha'u ne'e!? Agora atu servisu mós la di'ak!
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Grammar in this phrase
Intensifiers
Intensifiers (loos, tebes, demais, laduun)
loosPosition matters. 'loos' / 'tebes' / 'demais' follow the adjective ('barak loos' = very many). 'laduun' PRECEDES the adjective ('laduun diak' = not very good). 'liu tan' = even more.
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
- Ha'u servisu barak iha uma, nune'e ohin loron ha'u la bele bá pasiar.I have so much work to do at home, that today I can’t go out.
- Ita servisu iha rai li'ur, bele manán osan boot maibé servisu todan.If we work overseas, we can earn a lot of money, but the work is hard.
- Agora vida moris karun liu tan!Now the cost of living has gone up even more!
- Mana Ester isin rua hela, ne'ebé nia la bele kaer servisu todan.Ester is pregnant, so she can’t do heavy work.
- Agora ita servisu tol-tolu lai.Now we’ll work in groups of three for a while.
- Agora ita bele lori kareta halai maka'as tanba rai tetuk.We can drive fast because the road is flat now.