Aspect markers·ASP-003
tiha
already (completed/perfect)
Position: AFTER the verb
Correct forms
Nia sai tiha ona. (He has already left.)
Notes
- Combines with
- tiha ona = have already (stronger than ona alone)
- Note
- tiha = action completed; ona = state reached
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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).