Negation·NEG-004
la ... ona
no longer
Correct forms
Nia la servisu ona. (He no longer works.)
Notes
- Note
- la before verb, ona after verb
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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).