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GRAMGRAM-020warning

Drop ‘iha’ before a deictic time word

Correct forms

  • Aban ha'u bá Dili.
  • Ohin sira mai.

Incorrect forms

  • iha aban
  • iha ohin
  • iha horiseik

Notes

Note
aban / ohin / horiseik / orsida stand alone; ‘iha aban’ is an English calque of ‘in tomorrow’. iha belongs to places and dated expressions (iha loron 7 fulan-Agostu). Verified corpus: 58 ‘aban’, 150 ‘ohin’, 109 ‘horiseik’, none behind ‘iha’.

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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).