Yesterday I took my motorbike to be fixed at the Colmera workshop. in Tetun
Hori bainruak, ha'u lori ha'u nia motór atu hadi'a iha ofisina Colmera.
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Grammar in this phrase
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nia'nia' goes BEFORE the thing possessed; 'nian' goes AFTER. Both function the same way; position decides which form. 'nia' is also the 3rd-person pronoun (he / she / it) — disambiguate by position.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Polísia horiseik halo pasa revista ba sasán kro'at iha Colmera.Yesterday the police checked for weapons in Colmera.
- Monica hatais hela vestidu ida horiseik ami rua sosa iha Colmera.Monica is wearing the dress which the two of us bought in Colmera yesterday.
- Maun bá taka motór nia roda iha benkel.My older brother went to patch the tyre of his motorbike at a mechanic’s workshop.
- Horiseik Luis hetan asidente ho motór. Kareta Pajero ne'e rasta nia ho motór dook loos, halo nia ain tohar.Yesterday Luis had a motorbike accident. The Pajero dragged him a long way, so breaking his leg.
- Ohin dadeer katuas ida monu ho motór iha Colmera. Ema barak hobur no ajuda nia lori ba ospitál.This morning an old man fell off his motorbike in Colmera. Many people gathered around and helped take him to hospital.
- Diretór hatete lia hirak ne'e ba jornalista, Kinta horiseik, iha konferénsia da imprensa ne'ebé hala'o iha edifísiu JSMP, Colmera, Dili.The director announced these things to journalists yesterday (Thursday), at a press conference held in the JSMP building in Colmera, Dili.