13B What do you eat each day? (Loro-loron haan saida?) Flashcards
(68 cards)
1
Q
What do you eat every day?
A
Loro-loron haan saida?
2
Q
eat breakfast
A
matabixu
3
Q
sago
(An edible starch extracted from the pith or the spongy centre of the tropical palm trees.)
A
akar
4
Q
eat lunch
A
haan meiudia
5
Q
salad
A
salada
6
Q
eat evening meal
A
haan kalan
7
Q
egg
(of chickens)
A
mantolun
8
Q
exist, be present
A
iha
9
Q
milk
A
susubeen
10
Q
chocolate
A
xokolati
11
Q
lollies, sweets, candy
A
rebusadu
12
Q
daily
A
loro-loron
13
Q
potato
A
fehuk
14
Q
nightly
A
kala-kalan
15
Q
bean
(mainly red bean)
A
koto
16
Q
every morning
A
dadeer-dadeer
17
Q
cake, biscuits
A
dosi
18
Q
always
A
sempre
19
Q
sometimes; perhaps
A
dala ruma
20
Q
often; many times
A
dala barak
21
Q
instance, times
A
dala
22
Q
once
A
dala ida
23
Q
why
A
tanba saa, tansaa
24
Q
twice
A
dala rua
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never
nunka
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Amina is eating breakfast in Jorge’s house at Manatuto.
Amina matabixu hela iha Jorge nia uma iha Manatuto.
27
What is this, Jorge?
Ida nee saida, Jorge?
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This is sago.
Don’t you ever eat it in Atauro?
Nee akar.
Iha Atauro o nunka haan ka?
29
I never eat it.
Do you (pl.) eat sago every day?
Hau nunka haan.
Imi loro-loron haan akar ka?
30
No. Only sometimes.
Often we eat corn. What do you eat?
Lae. Dala ruma deit.
Dala barak ami haan batar. Imi haan saida?
31
In the mornings we always eat rice and fish, because every night my father goes fishing.
Dadeer-saan ami sempre haan etu ho ikan, tanba hau nia apaa kala-kalan baa buka ikan.
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every day
loro-loron
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every month
ful-fulan
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every week
semana-semana
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every year
tin-tinan
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every Sunday
Domingu-Domingu
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She goes to the market every day.
Nia baa merkadu loro-loron.
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Every day I eat breakfast at seven o’clock.
Hau loro-loron matabixu tuku hitu.
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Every day he just plays/hangs around (doesn’t work).
Loro-loron nia halimar deit.
40
She often buys bananas here.
Nia dala barak sosa hudi iha nee.
/
Dala barak nia sosa hudi iha nee.
41
We’ve often talked.
## Footnote
(We have talked many times.)
Ami koalia dala barak ona.
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He sometimes can’t sleep.
Nia dala ruma toba la dukur.
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Sometimes she buys fish.
/ Perhaps she’s buying fish.
Dala ruma nia sosa ikan.
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He’s always tired.
Nia sempre kole.
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She always buys bananas here.
Nia sempre sosa hudi iha nee.
46
He’s never tired.
Nia nunka kole.
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She never buys bananas here.
Nia nunka sosa hudi iha nee.
48
Do you drink tea every day?
Ita hemu xá loro-loron ka?
49
No, only sometimes.
Lae, dala ruma deit.
50
Do you often eat salad?
Ita haan salada dala barak ka?
51
Yes, every day!
Sin, loro-loron!
52
Is Senhora here? She is.
Senhora iha ka? Iha.
53
Is (your/my) mother here?
Amaa iha ka?
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(She's) not here. She went to the market.
La iha. Nia baa merkadu.
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Is there any rice?
Foos iha ka?
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There is.
Iha.
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Is there any money?
Osan iha ka?
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There isn’t.
La iha.
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There is no food.
Hahaan la iha.
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There is no milk.
Susubeen la iha.
61
Why did you (pl.) come here?
Tansaa mak imi mai iha nee?
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Because we want to buy red beans.
Tanba ami hakarak sosa koto.
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Why didn’t you go to school?
Tanba saa mak o la baa eskola?
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Because I’m sick.
Tanba moras.
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Why is he tired?
Nia kole tanba saa?
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He’s tired because he worked a lot.
Nia kole tanba nia servisu barak.
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why
tanba, porké, basaa
68
why, as, since
como
