22A Deskreve ema (Describing people) Flashcards
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deskreve ema
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describing people
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aat
A
bad, out of order
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oi-oin
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various
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naruk
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long (of horizontal things)
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konfuzaun
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confused; confusion
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aas tall foin-sae
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young adult (i.e. 17 up)
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badak
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short
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ain aas
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tall (of person)
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ain badak
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short (of person)
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isin boot
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big, large (of person)
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ema boot
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Adult
VIP, government leader
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bokur
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fat
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isin lotuk
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slim (of person)
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krekas
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thin
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bonitu/bonita
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handsome (of males/females)
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jeitu
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attractive
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oin aat
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ugly (of person’s face)
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keta-ketak
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separately, individually
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matenek
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clever;
well-mannered
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liu
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very, more, most
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beik
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stupid
ill-mannered
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ema kiik
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the common people
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povu
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the people, commoners, civilians
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oklu
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spectacles, glasses
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José koalia ho nia kolega Toni.
José is talking with his friend Toni.
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Maun, ohin hau haree maun iha Palacio Governo nia oin.
Older brother, today I saw you in front of the Government Palace.
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Maun koalia hela ho senyór nain tolu. Sira nee see?
You were talking with three gentlemen. Who were they?
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Ida senyór Jacinto.
Nia polísia iha Baucau.
One was Mr Jacinto
He’s a policeman in Baucau.
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Senyór Jacinto mak bokur, ain aas nee ka?
Is Mr Jacinto the tall fat one?
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Laós! Nia bokur maibee ain badak.
No! He’s fat but short.
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Ida bokur ain aas nee uluk hau nia mestri.
The tall fat one used to be my teacher.
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Ida isin lotuk tau oklu nee see?
Who’s the slim one wearing glasses?
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Nia ema matenek ida, foin fila hosi eskola iha Sydney.
He’s a well-educated one, who’s just returned from study in Sydney.
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Agora hau hatene ona.
Now I know.
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Senyór Jacinto ho ita nia mestri bokur hanesan, maibee mestri ain aas, senyór Jacinto ain badak. I ida foin mai nee mak isin lotuk no tau oklu.
Mr Jacinto and your teacher are equally fat, but the teacher is tall and Mr Jacinto is short. And the one who’s just come is slim and wears glasses.
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Nia ema Maliana.
He’s from Maliana.
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Nia ema Jawa
She’s Javanese
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Nia ain aas liu!
She’s really tall.
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Nia bokur liu!
He’s really fat!
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Nia ain aas liu hau.
She’s taller than I am.
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Nia bokur liu nia alin.
He’s fatter than his younger sibling.
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Nia ain aas liu ita hotu-hotu.
She’s taller than all of us.
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Nia bokur liu sira hotu-hotu.
He’s fatter than all of them.
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Nia mak ain aas liu.
She’s the tallest.
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Nia mak bokur liu.
He’s the fattest.
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Nia mak matenek liu
It is she who is clever
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Alin tinan hira?
How old are you?
## Footnote
*(Speaking to a younger person.)*
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Hau tinan haat.
I am four.
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Nia iha ona tinan rua-nulu.
She/he is already twenty years old.
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Labarik nee iha fulan hira?
How many months old is this child?
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See mak tinan boot liu?
Who is the oldest?
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Nia tinan boot liu hau.
He/she’s older than I am.
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Hau tinan kiik liu nia.
I’m younger than he/she is.
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Nia tinan kiik, maibee isin boot ona.
He/she’s young in years, but already large in body.
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Ema isin lotuk nain rua.
Two slim people.
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Uma boot tolu.
Three large houses.
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Ema ain aas nee.
This tall person.
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João nee isin boot loos.
This João is really fat/stout.
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Martinho mak ema ain aas nee.
Martinho is the tall person.
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João nia isin boot loos.
This João is really fat/stout.
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Uluk nia isin seidauk boot.
In the past he wasn’t fat/stout yet.
