Why have you come so late? in Tetun
Nusaa mak ó tama tarde hanesan ne'e?!
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'.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Atu simu osan, tama ida-ida; la bele tama hamutuk.To receive (your) money, come in one at a time; you can’t come in together.
- Mai lalais!Come quickly!
- Mai sedu, é!Come early, won't you.
- Ita mai hosi ne'ebé?Where did you come from?
- Aban ha'u sei mai fali.Tomorrow I will come back.
- Ita boot mai hosi Same hori bainhira?When did you come from Same?