Why are you so skinny? Are you sick? in Tetun
Ó nusaa isin aat loos ne'e? Moras ga?
English → Tetun phrasebook
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.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Ó baruk ona ga? - Hei saa. Ha'u baruk sá!Are you sick of it? - Yes indeed. I'm sick of it hey!
- Ha'u moras.I am sick.
- Ha'u rona katak Atino moras.I heard that Atino is sick.
- Parteira fó konsulta ema moras.The nurse treats sick people.
- Nai, ida be Ita hadomi ne'e moras.Lord, the one You love is sick.
- Han ga lae mak isin krekas maran hanesan ne'e!Do you eat or not?! You’re so skinny!