Why do you make the room a mess? in Tetun
Nusaa mak ó halo sasán runguranga loos iha uma laran?
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Focus
mak — focus marker
mak'mak' focuses the preceding constituent — used when English would bold or cleft ('it was X who...'). Also forms the superlative with 'liu'.
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
- Ha'u nono bee atu halo xá.I am boiling water to make tea.
- Juiz tenke hatuun desizaun ne'ebé justu.Judges must make just decisions.
- Sira peneira rai henek para atu halo baleta.They are sieving sand to make a drain.
- Tia prosesa ai-nanás sai marmelada.Auntie processes pineapple to make jam.
- Ó bá fotokopi dokumentu ne'e tahan ida.Go and make one photocopy of this document.
- Loyola dada fuuk para atu halo been.Loyola pressed her hair to make it straight.