Negation·NEG-005
keta
don't (prohibitive)
Position: BEFORE the verb
Correct forms
Keta baa! (Don't go!)
Notes
- Note
- Used for commands/prohibitions
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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).