Sunday, February 20, 2011

Tetun for beginners #3

A note to explain the title of the second book:
Mundu is world. You can see the Portugese influence here, can't you?
Ne'ebé is which. The pronoun ne'e is that, this or it.
Maromak is the Tetun word for God.
Halo is the verb to make. Tetun is easy, my teacher told me. Verbs never change form. After struggling with the French language for years as a teenager, I must agree that verbs that stay right where they are certainly is a blessing!

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