Aspect markersASP-001
sei
will (future) / still (continuative)
Position: BEFORE the verb
Correct forms
Hau sei baa. (I will go.)Nia sei moras. (He's still sick.)
Incorrect forms
Hau baa sei.
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).