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English function word left in Tetun

Correct forms

  • no
  • ho
  • sei
  • la
  • husi
  • ne'e
  • ita-nia

Incorrect forms

  • the
  • and
  • is
  • of
  • for
  • with
  • will
  • not
  • this
  • your

Notes

Note
Closed set of English function words that are never Tetun (‘no’ is excluded — it is Tetun ‘and’). Seen in production en→tet output as ‘NOT permitidu iha área produsaun Food nian’.

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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).