You're screaming at me! Am I your child!? in Tetun
Ó lees ó nia ibun mai ha'u! Ha'u mak ó nia oan ka!?
English → Tetun phrasebook
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.
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
- Ó ne'e ha'u nia oan doben.You are my beloved child.
- Ha'u hanaran ha'u nia oan naran "Antonio".I name/call? my child "Antonio".
- Labarik ne'e kesi ikun ba nia inan-aman.The child depends on his parents.
- Labarik nahe biti hodi toba.The child spread out a mat to sleep.
- Labarik isin molik hela, haree fó hatais ropa ba nia.The child is naked. Please dress her.
- Amá fó hatais labarik ne'e ho vestidu ne'ebé furak.Mum dressed the child in a lovely dress.