13A Loro-loron haan saida? (What do you eat each day?) Flashcards
Loro-loron haan saida?
What do you eat every day?
matabixu
eat breakfast
akar
sago
(An edible starch extracted from the pith or the spongy centre of the tropical palm trees.)
haan meiudia
eat lunch
salada
salad
haan kalan
eat evening meal
mantolun
egg
(of chickens)
iha
exist, be present
susubeen
milk
xokolati
chocolate
rebusadu
lollies, sweets, candy
loro-loron
daily
fehuk
potato
kala-kalan
nightly
koto
bean
(mainly red bean)
dadeer-dadeer
every morning
dosi
cake, biscuits
sempre
always
dala ruma
sometimes;
perhaps
dala barak
often; many times
dala
instance, times
dala ida
once
tanba saa, tansaa
why
dala rua
twice
nunka
never
Amina matabixu hela iha Jorge nia uma iha Manatuto.
Amina is eating breakfast in Jorge’s house at Manatuto.
Ida nee saida, Jorge?
What is this, Jorge?
Nee akar.
Iha Atauro o nunka haan ka?
This is sago.
Don’t you ever eat it in Atauro?
Hau nunka haan.
Imi loro-loron haan akar ka?
I never eat it.
Do you (pl.) eat sago every day?
Lae. Dala ruma deit.
Dala barak ami haan batar. Imi haan saida?
No. Only sometimes.
Often we eat corn. What do you eat?
Dadeer-saan ami sempre haan etu ho ikan, tanba hau nia apaa kala-kalan baa buka ikan.
In the mornings we always eat rice and fish, because every night my father goes fishing.
loro-loron
every day
ful-fulan
every month
semana-semana
every week
tin-tinan
every year
Domingu-Domingu
every Sunday
Nia baa merkadu loro-loron.
She goes to the market every day.
Hau loro-loron matabixu tuku hitu.
Every day I eat breakfast at seven o’clock.
Loro-loron nia halimar deit.
Every day he just plays/hangs around (doesn’t work).
Nia dala barak sosa hudi iha nee.
/
Dala barak nia sosa hudi iha nee.
She often buys bananas here.
Ami koalia dala barak ona.
We’ve often talked.
(We have talked many times.)
Nia dala ruma toba la dukur.
He sometimes can’t sleep.
Dala ruma nia sosa ikan.
Sometimes she buys fish.
/ Perhaps she’s buying fish.
Nia sempre kole.
He’s always tired.
Nia sempre sosa hudi iha nee.
She always buys bananas here.
Nia nunka kole.
He’s never tired.
Nia nunka sosa hudi iha nee.
She never buys bananas here.
Ita hemu xá loro-loron ka?
Do you drink tea every day?
Lae, dala ruma deit.
No, only sometimes.
Ita haan salada dala barak ka?
Do you often eat salad?
Sin, loro-loron!
Yes, every day!
Senhora iha ka? Iha.
Is Senhora here? She is.
Amaa iha ka?
Is (your/my) mother here?
La iha. Nia baa merkadu.
(She’s) not here. She went to the market.
Foos iha ka?
Is there any rice?
Iha.
There is.
Osan iha ka?
Is there any money?
La iha.
There isn’t.
Hahaan la iha.
There is no food.
Susubeen la iha.
There is no milk.
Tansaa mak imi mai iha nee?
Why did you (pl.) come here?
Tanba ami hakarak sosa koto.
Because we want to buy red beans.
Tanba saa mak o la baa eskola?
Why didn’t you go to school?
Tanba moras.
Because I’m sick.
Nia kole tanba saa?
Why is he tired?
Nia kole tanba nia servisu barak.
He’s tired because he worked a lot.
tanba, porké, basaa
why
como
why, as, since
