5A Bainhira (When)

Question 1

bainhira?

Answer 1

when?

Question 2

uluk

Answer 2

formerly, in the past

Question 3

horiseik

Answer 3

yesterday

Question 4

ohin loron

Answer 4

today

Question 5

aban

Answer 5

tomorrow

Question 6

aban-bainrua

Answer 6

two days hence,

henceforth,

in the future

Question 7

loron

Answer 7

day

Question 8

kalan

Answer 8

night

Question 9

loron-kalan

Answer 9

day and night

Question 10

dadeer

Answer 10

morning (to about 11 am)

Question 11

meiudia

Answer 11

midday (about 11 - 2.30pm)

Question 12

lokraik, loraik

Answer 12

afternoon (about 2.30-dark)

Question 13

ohin

Answer 13

just now,

earlier today

Question 14

agora

Answer 14

now

Question 15

orsida, oras ida

Answer 15

soon, later today

Question 16

hori-kalan

Answer 16

last night, yesterday evening

Question 17

orsida kalan

Answer 17

this evening

Question 18

bainhira?

Answer 18

when? (for future)

Question 19

hori-bainhira?

Answer 19

when? (for past)

Question 20

sedu

Answer 20

early

Question 21

tardi

Answer 21

late

Question 22

ho oras

Answer 22

on time

Question 23

nee

Answer 23

this, these, the

Question 24

ida

Answer 24

one, a

Question 25

Bainhira mak baa eskola?

Answer 25

When do you go to school?

Question 26

Martinho tenki baa eskola agora.

Answer 26

Martinho has to go to school now.

Question 27

Martinho, o halo saida?

Answer 27

Martinho, what are you doing?

Question 28

Hau halimar, tia.

Answer 28

I’m playing, aunt.

Question 29

Halimar? Bainhira mak o baa eskola?

Answer 29

Playing? When are you going to school?

Question 30

Aban mak hau baa.

Answer 30

I’m going tomorrow.

Question 31

La bele! O tenki baa agora.

Answer 31

You can’t! You have to go now.

Question 32

Ita mai hori‑bainhira?

Answer 32

When did you come?

Question 33

Olivio mai hosi Brazíl. Nia hatene koalia Tetun.

Answer 33

Olivio has come from Brazil. He can speak Tetun.

Question 34

Botardi, senhór. Diak ka lae?

Answer 34

Good afternoon, sir. How are you?

Question 35

Ita hatene koalia Tetun? Ita hosi nebee?

Answer 35

You know how to speak Tetun? Where are you from?

Question 36

Hau hosi Brazíl.

Answer 36

I’m from Brazil.

Question 37

Ita mai iha Timor hori-bainhira?

Answer 37

When did you come to Timor?

Question 38

Hau mai horiseik lokraik.

Answer 38

I came yesterday afternoon.

Question 39

Ita servisu iha nebee?

Answer 39

Where do you work?

Question 40

Hau servisu iha Viqueque. Aban dadeer hau baa.

Answer 40

I work in Viqueque. I’ll go there tomorrow morning.

Question 41

Senhora mai hori-bainhira? / Hori-bainhira mak senhora mai?

Answer 41

When did you (senhora) come?

Question 42

Hau mai horiseik.

Answer 42

I came yesterday.

Question 43

Ita lee jornál nee hori-bainhira? / Hori-bainhira mak ita lee jornál nee?

Answer 43

When did you read this newspaper?

Question 44

Hau lee jornál nee hori-kalan.

Answer 44

I read this newspaper last night.

Question 45

Bainhira mak Senhora Rita mai?

Answer 45

When will Mrs Rita come?

Question 46

Nia mai aban.

Answer 46

She’s coming tomorrow.

Question 47

Bainhira mak ita baa pasiar?

Answer 47

When will we go for an outing?

Question 48

Orsida mak ita baa.

Answer 48

We’ll go soon.

Question 49

Nia mai horiseik.

Answer 49

He came yesterday.

Question 50

Horiseik nia baa eskola tardi.

Answer 50

Yesterday he went to school late.

Question 51

Mestri Pedro aban hanorin Portugés.

Answer 51

Teacher Pedro is teaching Portuguese tomorrow.

Question 52

Mestri baa Portugál.

Answer 52

The teachers / a teacher went to Portugal.

Question 53

Nia baa eskola.

Answer 53

He went to school / ...the school / ...a school.

Question 54

Nee naran saa?

Answer 54

What is this called?

Question 55

Nee saida?

Answer 55

What is this?

Question 56

Nia hatene uma nee.

Answer 56

He knows this house / these houses.

Question 57

Hau servisu iha eskola nee.

Answer 57

I work in this school / these schools.

Question 58

Nia lee jornál. Maibee jornál nee la diak!

Answer 58

He read newspapers / a newspaper. But the newspaper(s) weren’t/wasn’t good!

Question 59

Nia hela iha Otél Timór. Otél nee karun.

Answer 59

He is staying in Hotel Timor. It is expensive.

Question 60

Tiu nee hosi Ermera.

Answer 60

This uncle is from Ermera.

Question 61

Horiseik hau hasoru Senhora Catarina. Senhora nee hosi Los Palos.

Answer 61

Yesterday I met Mrs Catarina. She is from Los Palos.

Question 62

Ohin hau haree Ela. Ela nee servisu iha Viqueque.

Answer 62

Just now I saw Ela. She works in Viqueque.

Question 63

José servisu iha Oxfam. Nia nee koalia lalais!

Answer 63

José works at Oxfam. This guy speaks fast!

Question 64

Ida naran Miguel, ida naran Sam.

Answer 64

One is called Miguel, one is called Sam.

Question 65

Ida hira?

Answer 65

How much is one? ## Footnote (i.e. how much does one cost?)

Question 66

Senhora ida hakarak baa Suai.

Answer 66

A lady wants to go to Suai.

Question 67

Depois tiu ida koalia.

Answer 67

Then an uncle spoke.

Question 68

Hau haree rádiu ida.

Answer 68

I see one/a radio.

Question 69

ida nee

Answer 69

this one

Question 70

Ida nee diak.

Answer 70

This one is good.

Question 71

Ida nee la diak.

Answer 71

This one isn’t good.

Question 72

Hau lee jornál ida nee.

Answer 72

I read this (one) newspaper.

Question 73

Tiu ida nee naran Virgilio.

Answer 73

This uncle is called Virgilio.

Question 74

uluk

Answer 74

in the past

Question 75

Uluk hau servisu iha Embaixada Brazíl. Agora hau la servisu.

Answer 75

In the past I worked for the Brazilian Embassy. Now I don’t have a job.

Question 76

Ami uluk hela iha Same. Agora iha Liquiça.

Answer 76

We used to live in Same. Now (we live) in Liquiça.

Question 77

dadeer-saan nakukun

Answer 77

very early morning before sunrise (3-5am)

Question 78

madrugada

Answer 78

very early morning (3-5am)

Question 79

rai huun mutin

Answer 79

the crack of dawn (as it is starting to get light)

Question 80

loro sae

Answer 80

sunrise ## Footnote (lit. ‘sun rise’)

Question 81

dadeer-saan

Answer 81

early morning (5-8am)

Question 82

loro monu

Answer 82

sunset ## Footnote (lit. ‘sun fall’)

Question 83

kalan boot

Answer 83

late at night, in the middle of the night when people are normally asleep