3A Aprende Tetun (learning Tetun)

Question 1

Inglés

Answer 1

English

Question 2

Portugés

Answer 2

Portuguese

Question 3

Indonézia

Answer 3

Indonesia

Question 4

Lian Indonézia, Bahasa

Answer 4

Indonesian language

Question 5

lisaun

Answer 5

lesson

Question 6

liafuan

Answer 6

word, short segment of speech

Question 7

kompriende

Answer 7

understand

Question 8

hatene

Answer 8

know (something)

Question 9

aprende

Answer 9

learn

Question 10

hatete

Answer 10

tell, say

Question 11

hatete fali

Answer 11

say (it) again

Question 12

koalia

Answer 12

speak

Question 13

loos

Answer 13

true, correct, straight, right

Question 14

sala

Answer 14

wrong; error

Question 15

ita boot

Answer 15

you (singular, very formal)

Question 16

O

Answer 16

you (singular familiar)

Question 17

imi

Answer 17

you (plural)

Question 18

ami

Answer 18

we, us (excluding ‘you’)

Question 19

ita

Answer 19

you (formal); we, us (including ‘you’)

Question 20

sira

Answer 20

they, them

Question 21

nee

Answer 21

this

Question 22

saida, sa

Answer 22

what

Question 23

lalais

Answer 23

quickly

Question 24

neineik

Answer 24

slowly, softly

Question 25

favór ida

Answer 25

please

Question 26

laós

Answer 26

not, indeed not ## Footnote *(usually not referring to a verb)*

Question 27

John la kompriende.

Answer 27

John doesn't understand.

Question 28

Carla koalia Portugés.

Answer 28

Carla is speaking Portuguese.

Question 29

Como está?

Answer 29

How are you? (in Portuguese)

Question 30

Deskulpa. Hau la hatene Portugés. Favór ida koalia Tetun.

Answer 30

Sorry. I don’t speak Portuguese. Please speak Tetun.

Question 31

Bele. Ita hatene Tetun ka?

Answer 31

OK (I can). Do you know Tetun?

Question 32

Sín. Hatene.

Answer 32

Yes, I know it.

Question 33

Maria hosi Austrália. Nia la hatene liafuan ‘bee’.

Answer 33

Maria is from Australia. She doesn’t know the word ‘bee’.

Question 34

Maria, ita hakarak hemu saida?

Answer 34

Maria, what do you want to drink?

Question 35

Deskulpa, tia, hau la hatene: nee naran saa?

Answer 35

Sorry, aunt, I don’t know: what is this called?

Question 36

Nee naran ‘bee’. Ita hakarak hemu bee ka?

Answer 36

This is called ‘bee’. Do you want to drink water?

Question 37

Ita baa eskola ka?

Answer 37

Are you going to school?

Question 38

Baa. / La baa.

Answer 38

I’m going. / I’m not going.

Question 39

Ita hatene Inglés ka?

Answer 39

Do you know English?

Question 40

Hatene. / La hatene.

Answer 40

I know (it). / I don’t know (it).

Question 41

Hau bele baa ka?

Answer 41

May I go?

Question 42

Bele. / La bele.

Answer 42

You can. / You can’t.

Question 43

Ita baa uma ka?

Answer 43

Are you going home?

Question 44

Sín. Baa. / Lae. La baa.

Answer 44

Yes, I’m going. / No, I’m not going.

Question 45

Nee uma.

Answer 45

This is a house.

Question 46

Nee saida?

Answer 46

What is this?

Question 47

Nee eskola.

Answer 47

This is a school.

Question 48

Nee see?

Answer 48

Who is this?

Question 49

Nee Mario.

Answer 49

This is Mario.

Question 50

Koalia Tetun.

Answer 50

Speak Tetun.

Question 51

Favór ida, senhór, koalia neineik.

Answer 51

Please, sir, speak slowly.

Question 52

Uma nee boot!

Answer 52

This house is big!

Question 53

Nee laós uma. Nee eskola!

Answer 53

That’s not a house. It’s a school!

Question 54

Ben hosi Xina ka?

Answer 54

Is Ben from China?

Question 55

Lae, laós hosi Xina. Nia hosi Singapura.

Answer 55

No, not from China. He’s from Singapore.

Question 56

Marta koalia Portugés lalais.

Answer 56

Marta speaks Portuguese fast.

Question 57

Nee laós Portugés, nia koalia Espanhól!

Answer 57

That’s not Portuguese, she’s speaking Spanish!