The legislative year will end on the 14th of September. in Tetun

Grammar in this phrase

• Aspect markers

  sei — 'will' or 'still'

  sei

  Tetun has no verb conjugation. Aspect and tense are marked by particles. 'sei' sits immediately before the verb — marking a definite future ('will') or a continuative ('still'). Combine with 'hela' after the verb for ongoing action. Negation is 'sei la' = 'will not'.

More patterns like these in the Tetun grammar guide.

Related phrases

• Sira sei remata sira nia servisu iha fin dé Janeiru.They will finish their work at the end of January.
• Timor-leste troka ona ninia tinan fiskál ba tinan kalendáriu nian.Timor-Leste has changed its fiscal year to be the calendar year.
• Sira sei halo kordenasaun ho sira nia xefe depois mak fó desizaun.They will coordinate with their boss, then they will make a decision.
• Liu tiha tinan ida, Maria pasa ba segundu anu ensinu sekundáriu.After a year, Maria went up a grade to the second year of secondary school.
• Ita sei liu iha imigrasaun hodi revista ita nia sasán hotu mak foin ita bele sai ba li'ur.We will go through immigration where they will inspect our goods before we can go outside.
• Polísia fó garantia katak eleisaun tinan ne'e sei la iha violénsia.The police have given guarantees/assurances that this year's election will be without violence.