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‘keta’ (don’t) comes BEFORE the verb

Correct forms

  • keta haan (don’t eat)

Incorrect forms

  • haan keta

Notes

Note
‘keta’ is a preverbal prohibitive. Source: PC Tetun ch.26.

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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).