12B Let's eat! (It haan lai!)

Question 1

Let’s eat!

Answer 1

Ita haan lai!

Question 2

food

Answer 2

hahaan

Question 3

remove, take out

Answer 3

hasai

Question 4

cooked rice

Answer 4

etu

Question 5

reply, agree, answer

Answer 5

hataan

Question 6

uncooked husked rice

Answer 6

foos

Question 7

meat

Answer 7

naan

Question 8

fish

Answer 8

ikan

Question 9

full (from eating)

Answer 9

bosu

Question 10

vegetables; any cooked dish eaten with rice

Answer 10

modo

Question 11

enough

Answer 11

too

Question 12

fruit

Answer 12

aifuan

Question 13

maize (corn)

Answer 13

batar

Question 14

cassava

Answer 14

ai farina

Question 15

more, again, additional

Answer 15

tan

Question 16

bread

Answer 16

paun

Question 17

not yet

Answer 17

seidauk

Question 18

tea

Answer 18

xá

Question 19

already

(PERFECTIVE)

Answer 19

ona

Question 20

coffee

Answer 20

kafé

Question 21

first (before something else)

Answer 21

lai

Question 22

many, much

Answer 22

barak

Question 23

a little, a few

Answer 23

uitoan, ituan

Question 24

Eat some more!

Answer 24

Haan tan!

Question 25

Martinha bought (today) fish, vegetables and also corn.

Answer 25

Martinha ohin sosa ikan, modo ho tan batar!

Question 26

I have five dollars, but need one more dollar.

Answer 26

Hau iha dolar lima, maibee presiza tan dolar ida.

Question 27

Amena comes to Joanina’s house.

Joanina is eating.

Answer 27

Amena mai Joanina nia uma.

Joanina haan hela.

Question 28

Have you gone yet?

Answer 28

O baa ona ka?

Question 29

No (not yet). Come in.

Answer 29

Seidauk! Tama mai.

Question 30

Good afternoon.

Answer 30

Botardi.

Question 31

Good afternoon.

Sit down, Amena.

Answer 31

Botardi.

Tuur lai, Amena.

Question 32

It’s already 1.30, Nina.

We have to go to school quickly.

Answer 32

Tuku ida ho balu ona, Nina.

Ita tenki baa lalais eskola.

Question 33

OK. But we’ll eat first.

Then we’ll go to school.

Answer 33

Diak. Maibee ita haan lai.

Depois mak ita baa eskola.

Question 34

No, I’ve just eaten.

Answer 34

Lae. Hau foin haan.

Question 35

Come and eat just a bit.

Answer 35

Mai haan uitoan deit.

Question 36

Thanks. I’m still full.

I’ll just drink water.

Answer 36

Obrigada. Hau bosu hela.

Hau hemu bee deit.

Question 37

I haven’t eaten yet.

Answer 37

Hau seidauk haan.

Question 38

We don’t have children yet.

Answer 38

Ami seidauk iha oan.

Question 39

I don’t understand yet.

Answer 39

Hau seidauk kompriende.

Question 40

Jorge doesn’t know Tetun yet.

Answer 40

Jorge seidauk hatene Tetun.

Question 41

He can’t walk yet (as hasn’t learned it yet).

Answer 41

Nia seidauk hatene lao.

Question 42

She’s (already) three years old.

Answer 42

Nia tinan tolu ona.

Question 43

I’m (already) full.

(So don’t want more food!)

Answer 43

Hau bosu ona.

Question 44

That’s enough!

Answer 44

Too ona!

Question 45

I don’t want to go, because I’m tired.

Answer 45

Hau lakohi baa, tanba kole ona.

Question 46

They (already) know Indonesian.

Answer 46

Sira hatene ona lian Indonézia.

Question 47

They know Indonesian (already).

Answer 47

Sira hatene lian Indonézia ona.

Question 48

Raquel has already said that she is from Dili Institute of Technology.

Answer 48

Ohin mana Raquel hatete ona katak nia mai hosi Dili Institute of Technology.

Question 49

The police have identified two suspects.

Answer 49

Polísia identifika ona suspeitu rua.

Question 50

This child has learned to speak.

Answer 50

Labarik nee aprende ona koalia.

Question 51

Are you tired yet or not yet?

Answer 51

Ita kole ona ka seidauk?

Question 52

No, not yet.

Answer 52

Seidauk.

Question 53

Has he come yet?

Answer 53

Nia mai ona ka seidauk?

Question 54

Yes he has (come already).

Answer 54

Mai ona.

Question 55

Please wait a while.

Answer 55

Hein lai.

Question 56

Come and eat (then you can do something else later).

Answer 56

Mai haan lai!

Question 57

Let’s eat first, then work again.

Answer 57

Ita haan lai, depois servisu fali.

Question 58

I can help you later, but I want to drink coffee with Senhora first.

Answer 58

Orsida hau bele ajuda o, maibee hau hakarak hemu kafé ho senhora lai.

Question 59

I have to cook first.

Only then can the two of us go out.

Answer 59

Hau tenki tein lai.

Depois mak ita nain rua baa pasiar.