Your eyeballs are as big as marbles. in Tetun
Ó nia matan musan boot hanesan berlindus.
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.
More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.
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Related phrases
- Tia hodi saida iha pasta boot ne'e ?What is auntie carrying in this big bag?
- Fiu kotu tanba ai-huun boot monu iha leten.The wire broke because a big tree fell on it.
- Ami nia orsamentu la to'o atu halo uma di'ak.Our budget is not big enough to build a good house.
- Mana Nina horiseik tuur ahi, bebé kaduak iha ospitál boot.Nina yesterday gave birth to twins in the big hospital.
- Agora laloran tasi ladún boot, ita bele bá kail ikan.Now the ocean waves aren’t very big, so we can go fishing.
- Ha'u nia alin nia ain kabun boot loos tanba loroloron nia halai hela de'it.My younger brother has big calves because he runs every day.