21B The face (Ita nia oin)

Question 1

our face

Answer 1

ita nia oin

Question 2

ulun fatuk

Answer 2

head

Question 3

eye

source

Answer 3

matan

Question 4

ear

Answer 4

tilun

Question 5

nose

Answer 5

inus

Question 6

mouth

Answer 6

ibun

Question 7

tooth

Answer 7

nehan, nihan

Question 8

hair (of head)

Answer 8

fuuk

Question 9

tongue

Answer 9

nanaal

Question 10

neck, throat

Answer 10

kakorok

Question 11

brains

Answer 11

kakutak

Question 12

comb, hairbrush

Answer 12

sasuit

Question 13

brush

Answer 13

eskova

Question 14

when, whenever, if

Answer 14

kuandu

Question 15

different, strange

Answer 15

oin seluk

Question 16

to bite

Answer 16

tata

Question 17

to chew

Answer 17

nata

Question 18

to cut

Answer 18

tesi

Question 19

to wipe, to rub

Answer 19

kose

Question 20

to comb, to brush (hair)

Answer 20

sui

Question 21

smooth

Answer 21

kabeer

Question 22

messy

Answer 22

sabraut

Question 23

tidy oneself up

Answer 23

hadia-an

Question 24

so that, in order to

Answer 24

para

Question 25

when, whenever

Answer 25

bainhira

Question 26

cut hair

Answer 26

tesi fuuk

Question 27

cut fingernails

Answer 27

tesi liman kukun

Question 28

to brush teeth

Answer 28

kose nehan

Question 29

to wipe (clean) the wall

Answer 29

kose didin lolon

Question 30

to rub ointment onto skin

Answer 30

kose aimoruk ba isin

Question 31

to spread butter onto bread

Answer 31

kose manteiga ba paun

Question 32

to strike a match

Answer 32

kose ahi

Question 33

to scrape against each other (cars as they pass)

Answer 33

kose malu

Question 34

Madalena teaches her child about his body.

Answer 34

Madalena hanorin nia oan kona ba nia isin lolon.

Question 35

Adino, what are your legs and arms for?

Answer 35

Adino, o nia ain ho liman hodi halo saida?

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Ain hodi lao, liman hodi kaer.

Question 37

And eyes and ears?

Answer 37

I matan ho tilun?

Question 38

Eyes are for seeing, and ears for hearing.

Answer 38

Matan hodi haree, i tilun hodi rona.

Question 39

What are teeth for?

Answer 39

Nehan hodi halo saida?

Question 40

Teeth are for chewing food.

Answer 40

Nehan hodi nata hahaan.

Question 41

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

Answer 41

O halo saida para o nia isin bele moos hotu?

Question 42

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

Answer 42

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

Question 43

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

Answer 43

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

Question 44

When I reached the house, dad was sleeping.

Answer 44

Bainhira hau too uma, apaa toba hela.

/ Kuandu hau too uma, apaa toba hela.

/ Hau too uma, apaa toba hela.

Question 45

When people have parties, they always dance.

Answer 45

Bainhira ema halo festa, sira sempre dansa.

/ Kuandu ema halo festa, sira sempre dansa.

/ Ema halo festa, sempre dansa.

Question 46

They have killed him.

Answer 46

Sira oho tiha nia.

Question 47

Wait a sec! My hat has fallen off.

Answer 47

Hein lai! Hau nia xapeu monu tiha.

Question 48

My coffee has (all) spilled.

Answer 48

Hau nia kafé nakfakar tiha.

Question 49

Have a seat.

Answer 49

Tuur tiha!

Question 50

Just throw (it) out!

Answer 50

Soe tiha deit!

Question 51

Take the milk and heat it up (now).

Answer 51

Lori susubeen baa hamanas tiha.

Question 52

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

Answer 52

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

Question 53

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

Answer 53

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

Question 54

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

Answer 54

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

Question 55

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!

Answer 55

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

Question 56

I didn’t go.

Answer 56

Hau la baa ida.

Question 57

He’s not fat.

Answer 57

Nia la bokur ida.

Question 58

They didn’t want to go.

Answer 58

Sira lakohi baa ida.

Question 59

I haven’t been yet.

Answer 59

Hau seidauk baa ida.

Question 60

His child looks exactly like his father.

Answer 60

Nia oan oin hanesan lo-loos nia apaa.

Question 61

The two of them look almost the same.

Answer 61

Sira nain rua, oin atu hanesan.

Question 62

Portuguese and Spanish aren’t the same.

Answer 62

Lian Portugés ho lian Espanyól la hanesan.

Question 63

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

it isn’t like it was before.

Answer 63

Uma nee agora oin seluk ona;

la hanesan uluk.

Question 64

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

Answer 64

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

Question 65

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

Answer 65

Los Palos oin seluk, Baucau oin seluk.

Question 66

English is pronounced differently to how it is written.

Answer 66

Inglés, hakerek oin seluk, koalia oin seluk.

Question 67

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

Answer 67

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