21A Ita nia oin (The face)

Question 1

ita nia oin

Answer 1

our face

Question 2

head

Answer 2

ulun fatuk

Question 3

matan

Answer 3

eye

source

Question 4

tilun

Answer 4

ear

Question 5

inus

Answer 5

nose

Question 6

ibun

Answer 6

mouth

Question 7

nehan, nihan

Answer 7

tooth

Question 8

fuuk

Answer 8

hair (of head)

Question 9

nanaal

Answer 9

tongue

Question 10

kakorok

Answer 10

neck, throat

Question 11

kakutak

Answer 11

brains

Question 12

sasuit

Answer 12

comb, hairbrush

Question 13

eskova

Answer 13

brush

Question 14

kuandu

Answer 14

when, whenever, if

Question 15

oin seluk

Answer 15

different, strange

Question 16

tata

Answer 16

to bite

Question 17

nata

Answer 17

to chew

Question 18

tesi

Answer 18

to cut

Question 19

kose

Answer 19

to wipe, to rub

Question 20

sui

Answer 20

to comb or brush hair

Question 21

kabeer

Answer 21

smooth

Question 22

sabraut

Answer 22

messy

Question 23

hadia-an

Answer 23

tidy oneself up

Question 24

para

Answer 24

so that, in order to

Question 25

bainhira

Answer 25

when, whenever

Question 26

tesi fuuk

Answer 26

cut hair

Question 27

tesi liman kukun

Answer 27

cut fingernails

Question 28

kose nehan

Answer 28

to brush teeth

Question 29

kose didin lolon

Answer 29

to wipe (clean) the wall

Question 30

kose aimoruk ba isin

Answer 30

to rub ointment onto skin

Question 31

kose manteiga ba paun

Answer 31

to spread butter onto bread

Question 32

kose ahi

Answer 32

to strike a match

Question 33

kose malu

Answer 33

to scrape against each other (cars as they pass)

Question 34

Madalena hanorin nia oan kona ba nia isin lolon.

Answer 34

Madalena teaches her child about his body.

Question 35

Adino, o nia ain ho liman hodi halo saida?

Answer 35

Adino, what are your legs and arms for?

Question 36

Ain hodi lao, liman hodi kaer.

Answer 36

Legs are for walking, and arms/hands for holding (things).

Question 37

I matan ho tilun?

Answer 37

And eyes and ears?

Question 38

Matan hodi haree, i tilun hodi rona.

Answer 38

Eyes are for seeing, and ears for hearing.

Question 39

Nehan hodi halo saida?

Answer 39

What are teeth for?

Question 40

Nehan hodi nata hahaan.

Answer 40

Teeth are for chewing food.

Question 41

O halo saida para o nia isin bele moos hotu?

Answer 41

What do you do so that your whole body will be clean?

Question 42

Hau kala-kalan hariis, i kose nehan. Baa tiha sentina, tenki fasi liman.

Answer 42

Every night I bathe, and brush my teeth. Once I’ve been to the toilet, I have to wash my hands.

Question 43

Diak loos. Agora o bele baa halimar ona. Hau tenki tein lai.

Answer 43

Very good. You can go and play now. I have to cook now.

Question 44

Bainhira hau too uma, apaa toba hela.

Answer 44

When I reached the house, dad was sleeping.

Question 45

Kuandu hau too uma, apaa toba hela.

Answer 45

When I reached the house, dad was sleeping.

Question 46

Hau too uma, apaa toba hela.

Answer 46

When I reached the house, dad was sleeping.

Question 47

Bainhira ema halo festa, sira sempre dansa.

Answer 47

When people have parties, they always dance.

Question 48

Kuandu ema halo festa, sira sempre dansa.

Answer 48

When people have parties, they always dance.

Question 49

Ema halo festa, sempre dansa.

Answer 49

When people have parties, they always dance.

Question 50

Sira oho tiha nia.

Answer 50

They have killed him.

Question 51

Hein lai! Hau nia xapeu monu tiha.

Answer 51

Wait a sec! My hat has fallen off.

Question 52

Hau nia kafé nakfakar tiha.

Answer 52

My coffee has (all) spilled.

Question 53

Tuur tiha!

Answer 53

Have a seat.

Question 54

Soe tiha deit!

Answer 54

Just throw (it) out!

Question 55

Lori susubeen baa hamanas tiha.

Answer 55

Take the milk and heat it up (now).

Question 56

Tenki fasi liman lai. Fasi tiha hotu, depois bele haan.

Answer 56

(You) must wash your hands first. Having washed (them), then (you) can eat.

Question 57

Sira hotu haan too bosu. Haan tiha, sira mos fahe malu.

Answer 57

They all ate until they were satisfied. Having eaten, they went their separate ways.

Question 58

Senyór Marco koalia kleur loos. Nia koalia hotu tiha, mak Senyora Alexandra koalia fali.

Answer 58

Mr Marco spoke for a long time. Once he had finished speaking, Mrs Alexandra in turn spoke.

Question 59

Sira foo osan ba Nuno. Nia simu tiha osan, baa tau iha banku, osan nee falsu!

Answer 59

They gave Nuno money. Having received the money, he went and put it in the bank, and (it turned out that) the money was counterfeit!

Question 60

Hau la baa ida.

Answer 60

I didn’t go.

Question 61

Nia la bokur ida.

Answer 61

He’s not fat.

Question 62

Sira lakohi baa ida.

Answer 62

They didn’t want to go.

Question 63

Hau seidauk baa ida.

Answer 63

I haven’t been yet.

Question 64

Nia oan oin hanesan lo-loos nia apaa.

Answer 64

His child looks exactly like his father.

Question 65

Sira nain rua, oin atu hanesan.

Answer 65

The two of them look almost the same.

Question 66

Lian Portugés ho lian Espanyól la hanesan.

Answer 66

Portuguese and Spanish aren’t the same.

Question 67

Uma nee agora oin seluk ona;

la hanesan uluk.

Answer 67

This house is now different (e.g. as it has been rehabilitated);

it isn’t like it was before.

Question 68

Hau hakarak eduka hau nia oan oin seluk, laós hanesan uluk.

Answer 68

I want to train my children differently, not like (the way I was raised) in the past.

Question 69

Los Palos oin seluk, Baucau oin seluk.

Answer 69

Los Palos and Baucau are different (e.g. in terms of countryside).

Question 70

Inglés, hakerek oin seluk, koalia oin seluk.

Answer 70

English is pronounced differently to how it is written.

Question 71

Imi nee koalia oin seluk/ida, halo oin seluk.

Answer 71

You (all) say one thing, but do another.