Within a family, it's not the case that the woman is inferior and the man is like a commander who just gives orders. in Tetun
Iha família laran, la'ós feto atu sai inferiór no mane atu sai hanesan komandante hodi manda de'it.
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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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- You’re a man, and should act like a man, not like a woman.Ó ne'e mane, tenke hatudu ó nia hahalok nu'udar mane, la bele hanesan fali feto.
- How come a greedy woman ends up marrying a good man like Melki!Feto karak-teen hola loos mane ida di'ak hanesan Melki ne'e!
- You can't tell other people, because this is just within the family.Ó la bele konta sai ba ema seluk tanba ida ne'e buat uma laran nian.
- You're just sitting there like a boss, not working, just waiting to be fed!Ó tuur hanesan bos de'it, la hatene halo servisu, hein han de'it!
- We need to look at (it) case by case.Ita presiza haree kazu por kazu.
- Don’t just guzzle the rice like that.La bele han etu sobak de'it hanesan ne'e.