Centre for Language Studies

... (I ) Hu'an hodi ha'i loron; hodi kalan ba oras tuku tolu. ... so person still not exist 'So, there weren't any people yet (on earth).' In contrast, the postverbal noun phrase position is mostly used to introduce new, albeit often very minor, participants or props into the discourse.13 ...

This book, produced cooperatively by the Timor-Leste Police Development Program and Dili Institute of Technology, is designed to teach Tetun at intermediate level with special emphasis on policing and justice. It includes chapters on the structure of the government and the national police service PNTL, violence, arrest and detention, traffic, resolving problems within the extended family, interviewing, and search and seizure.

This book is designed to teach study skills and Tetun writing to first-semester university students. Chapters cover the history of Tetun, principles of spelling, goal-setting, formal and informal speech, showing time relationships between clauses, writing narratives, looking for information, taking notes from written and spoken texts, and writing summaries and descriptions.

This book is designed to teach study skills and Tetun writing to second-semester university students. Chapters cover writing descriptions, reports and procedures, using paragraphs, critical thinking, doing job interviews, numbers, writing literature reviews and bibliographies, translation, and ways of translating passives into Tetun.

This glossary of electoral terms contains terms in Tetun, Portuguese, English and Indonesian, as well as explanations in Tetun.
It was written by Catharina Williams-van Klinken in conjunction with Nuno Gomes, Fransisco Luis Fernandes and Bernardino Menezes,

One of the privileges of being a long-term expatriate in Timor-Leste is the opportunity to introduce family and friends from overseas to 'the beloved land'. Over the last 13 years we have hosted many visitors, from pre-schoolers to parents in their 80s. Our specialties are building links between visitors and locals (both Timorese and expatriate), and giving our guests the opportunity to appreciate Timor's beautiful natural environment, often through adventurous activities. People contact is usually a highlight of our guests' visits. Particularly memorable are visits to Timorese friends in rural areas. On such visits we spend a lot of time acting as interpreters, not only for language, but also for culture. This includes practical advice as well as prompts as to what the guests and hosts can talk about. Without this, visitors would go home without ever learning from the wide local knowledge of our hosts, or becoming aware of the rich variety of stories that they can tell. Nature appreciation usually starts on the first day, with a sunset dinner at the beach or a swim over the coral reef at Tasi Tolu. Some guests have gone for adventurous activities, including an unsupported ten day hike from north to south coast, a fully supported three day hike with porters and cooks, a four day coastal boat trip, river adventures, bicycle and motorbike journeys, downhill riding, and cross-the-bay swimming. Almost all the people who have joined our adventures over the last ten years returned home enthused by the beauty of Timor, the interesting people they meet, the hospitality of local friends, the wonderful range of stories they heard, and the worthy physical and mental challenges they faced, all made possible because of good security. Most visitors, however, would be unable to organise such trips themselves. The technical challenges include getting information, arranging affordable transport, accessing food and accommodation in remote places, finding guides, communicating with local people without knowing a local language or local culture, getting backup in the event of emergencies, and the steady encroachment of crocodiles into favourite coastal areas. In short, regardless of whether visitors come for adventure or not, most of Timor is still an adventure destination, in the initial exploratory phase of the tourism life cycle. It is a place where arrangements are flexible and the unexpected is likely to happen. The main exception is Atauro, which is becoming a developed tourist destination where guests can have as much adventure as they want, but can still be confident that they will be housed, fed, and returned to the mainland at the time agreed upon (unless of course the seas are too high to travel).