Your house is very close to mine. in Tetun
Ita-Boot nia uma besik loos ha'u nian.
English → Tetun phrasebook
Grammar in this phrase
Possession
nia / nian — possession
nianian'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.
Intensifiers
Intensifiers (loos, tebes, demais, laduun)
loosPosition 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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Related phrases
- Nia hela besik loos eskola DIT.She lives very close to DIT school.
- La bele taka janela tanba rai manas loos.Don’t close the windows because the weather is very hot.
- Ami nia uma kloot loos, ema barak bá la di'ak.Our house is very narrow/small, so not many people can go.
- Tigre animál ne'ebé si'ak loos, ema la bele besik.Tiger is a very savage animal. People mustn’t come close to it.
- Feto oan ne'e simu ita ba nia uma ho oin midar, nia laran di'ak.The girl welcomed us to her house with a smile. She is very kind.
- Uma ne'e harii dezde tempu Portugal, entaun agora ita haree antigu loos ona.This house was built since Portuguese time, so now looks very old.