Aspect markers·ASP-001

sei

will (future) / still (continuative)

Position: BEFORE the verb

Correct forms

Incorrect forms

Notes

Negation
sei la = 'will not' (sei la baa = won't go)
Combines with
sei + hela = still doing (Hau sei haan hela = I'm still eating)

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Source: Tetun lint rule catalog. Built from Peace Corps Tetun (CWvK 2015), DIT Justice Sector textbook, WvK & Ximenes Ortografia Tetun Dili (2025), and INL Matadalan Ortográfiku ba Tetun-Prasa (2003, Decree 1/2004).