Young people when they are bored love going to the market to look around. in Tetun

Grammar in this phrase

• 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.

• Time expressions

  Temporal connectors

  kuandu

  Common time words: 'bainhira / kuandu' = when; 'molok / antes' = before; 'depois' and 'liu tiha' = after; 'kedas' = immediately; 'foin' = only just, very recently; 'kleur' = a long time.

More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.

Related phrases

• Kuandu ema hala'o edukasaun sívika, sira hanorin povu kona ba lia polítiku nian, no mós kona ba direitu no responsabilidade reinu nian, atu foti povu nia konsiénsia polítiku.When people conduct civic education, they teach the people about political affairs, and also about the rights and responsibilities of the people, to raise their political awareness.
• Labarik foin-sa'e sira agora gosta liu halimar Facebook.Young people these days really like playing around in Facebook.
• Sira hotu han to'o bosu. Han tiha, sira mós fahe malu.They all ate until they were satisfied. Having eaten, they went their separate ways.
• Ema balu, buat hotu-hotu iha mós, dada iis hela de'it, "Ah! Ita ne'e oinsá?"Some people, even when they have everything, still whine, "Ah! What's going to come of us?"
• Horiseik joven grupu rua seran malu iha Hudi Laran halo ema kanek barak.Yesterday two groups of young people attacked one another in Hudi Laran, injuring many people.
• Joven sira fa'an modo tau iha karosa dudu hale'u bairu ida ba bairu seluk.The young people push wheelbarrows around from one neighbourhood to the next selling vegetables.