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