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Yesterday I was in the throes of playing football when I got a cramp. in Tetun

Horiseik ha'u joga bola rame loos mak kaímbra kona fali ha'u.

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Grammar in this phrase

Aspect markers
fali — 'again' / 'back' / 'instead'
fali
Placed after the verb. Can mean 'again / back' or mark an unexpected reversal ('instead'). Context decides which.
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)
loos
Position 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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